Carl Reiner, 98 years of funny

Gene Seymour is a film critic who has written about music, movies and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post. Follow him on Twitter @GeneSeymour. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinion at CNN.Too soon.Way too soon.Gene Seymour Come on, now. You know that's funny. Carl Reiner would have known that was funny. He'd back me up on it -- except that he's the one who died at age 98.

Reiner not only proved himself in that crucible of late-night live television to be the paragon of an agile, responsive and unstinting ensemble player, but was also an important part of a legendary team of writers for both"Show of Shows" and its successor,"Caesar's Hour" , that included such future hall-of-famers as Brooks, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart and Woody Allen.

Opinion This is so sad. In an era when the word legend is throw around too much, Carl Reinheir was just that. A legend.

Opinion so much laughter to be thankful for

Opinion He will be missed

Opinion rest in peace bro ........

Opinion Buzz off cnn and get out of our country — you don’t belong here

Opinion Imagine all the pedophiles this guy knew.

Opinion Bless this man 🙏🏽

Opinion I hope someone is checking on Mel Brooks.

Opinion He was an old man, that's destiny, you are born and you die

Opinion Oddly much of his work would now be considered politically incorrect and banned from TV and movies.

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