Before he died, Carl Reiner spent time with Mel Brooks watching 'Jeopardy' and 'Wheel of Fortune'
amassed many accolades during his eight decades in showbiz, from 12 Emmys and a Grammy to the Mark Twain Prize to a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame., also claimed another prestigious tribute — his name on the menu at Los Angeles’ venerable Pink’s Hot Dogs stand on La Brea Avenue. The Reiner Dog is a 9-inch stretch dog topped with mustard and sauerkraut. As fate would have it, a Reiner Dog proved to be its namesake’s last meal.George ShapiroOn June 29, Reiner had been in good spirits all day.
Most important, Shapiro said, Reiner had made a point of telling family and close friends in recent days how much they meant to him and how happy he was with his own remarkable life. Reiner was immensely proud of his three children — Rob, Annie and Lucas, all of whom followed their father into the industry — and the loving extended family he built in 64 years of marriage to Estelle, who died in 2008.
Reiner’s 70-year friendship with Brooks — the fellow comedy legend he met while working for Sid Caesar on “Your Show of Shows” in the early 1950s — was as strong as ever during Reiner’s final year. The two had reminisced in recent days about the high-wire act of working for Caesar and NBC in the early days of television in New York.
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