Why comedy genius Carl Reiner’s death feels like a punch in the gut
whose death feels like a punch to the gut a la Joan Rivers or Robin Williams, who were also supposed to live forever.Reiner got damn close in that department, passing away peacefully Monday night at age of 98 in his Beverly Hills home. The Bronx-born genius writer/actor/director’s long laundry list of iconic comedy credits included early TV’s megahit “Your Show of Shows,” a witty, urbane sketch/comedy show hosted by Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, “The 2,000 Year Old Man” with Mel Brooks and “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” considered by many the best sitcom in TV history.