Editing Carl Reiner (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Rob & Carl Reiner (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|upright|Carl with [[Rob Reiner]] in 2008]]

=== Marriage and family ===
On December 24, 1943, Reiner married singer [[Estelle Reiner|Estelle Lebost]]. They were married for almost 65 years until her death in October 2008.<ref name=lat/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-reiner29-2008oct29-story.html|title=Estelle Reiner dies at 94; singer-actress had cameo in son's film 'When Harry Met Sally'|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 29, 2008}}</ref> Estelle delivered the iconic line "I'll have what she's having" in the deli scene of the 1989 film ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]''.<ref name=james/> They were the parents of actor and director [[Rob Reiner]], poet, playwright, and author [[Annie Reiner]], and painter,<ref>"Art Reviews"; David Pagel, ''Los Angeles Times'', Oct 12, (1995) p. 4.</ref> actor, and director [[Lucas Reiner]].<ref name="james" /> Reiner described himself as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="jta"/> He said, "I have a very different take on who God is. Man invented God because he needed him. God is us."<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news|last=King|first=Susan|title=Carl Reiner's big break|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/21/entertainment/et-classic-hollywood21/2|access-date=December 22, 2010|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 21, 2009|archive-date=January 27, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127115431/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/21/entertainment/et-classic-hollywood21/2|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Waldron|first=Vince|title=The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book|year=1994|publisher=Applause|location=New York|isbn=1-55783-453-9|page=23}}</ref> In 2013, he said he developed an atheistic viewpoint as [[the Holocaust]] progressed, stating it would not have continued if God existed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://momentmag.com/funnyman-carl-reiner/|title=Funnyman Carl Reiner|date=May 1, 2013|access-date=June 30, 2020}}</ref> Reiner was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref name=lat>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-06-30/carl-reiner-dead|title=Carl Reiner, prolific comedy legend who created 'The Dick Van Dyke Show', dead at 98|first1=Steve|last1=Chawkins|first2=Dennis|last2=McLellan|date=June 30, 2020|access-date=July 2, 2020|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> His residence was in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref>'Musicals, Concerts, Children's Shows, and More Highlight Annenberg's 2014–2015 Season', ''[[The Beverly Hills Courier]]'', September 12, 2014, p. 10 [http://bhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/091214Fissue.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914120054/http://bhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/091214Fissue.pdf|date=September 14, 2014}}</ref>
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=== Charity and interests ===
From 1974 to 2001, he sponsored the Carl Reiner Charity Celebrity Tennis Tournament in [[Carlsbad, California|La Costa, California]], directed by international tennis player Mike Franks, which was played yearly over 3 days and included 400 players, of which 100 were professionals.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}

In July 2012, Reiner joined Twitter, tweeting that he was doing so to keep up with his grandson Jake.{{r|V20}} He felt obliged to post at least once per day, and so posted 6,520 tweets and accumulated 367,000 followers.{{r|V20}}  His favorite topics were movies and [[Donald Trump]], but his final tweet was a reminiscence about [[Noël Coward]] performing in [[Las Vegas]].<ref name=V20>{{citation |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/carl-reiner-twitter-jokes-donald-trump-1234694239/ |magazine=Variety |title=Carl Reiner's Twitter Musings Remained Essential and Hilarious Until the End |author=William Earl |date=30 June 2020}}</ref> At the age of 98, Reiner was the oldest celebrity to actively use Twitter.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}

His final interview was a [[webisode]] of ''Dispatches From Quarantine'', which was posted on YouTube by the Jewish arts organization Reboot and [[Temple Beth Am (Los Angeles, California)|Temple Beth Am]].<ref name=LAT/><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhju_o9FStY& |title=Dispatches From Quarantine |number=3 |author=Carl Reiner |publisher=Silver Screen Studios |date=22 June 2020}}</ref> In this, he reminisced about his wife and family, "We met, fell in love, and I was 20 at the time and she was 28, and people said this is not a match ... It only worked for 65 years, and if she didn't pass on we'd still be working on it."<ref name=LAT>{{citation |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-06-30/carl-reiner-family-final-interview |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=In his final interview, Carl Reiner revealed what mattered most to him |author=Christie D'Zurilla |date=30 June 2020}}</ref>

=== Political views ===
On October 31, 2018, Reiner, then 96 and a half, publicly denounced [[Donald Trump]]'s [[First presidency of Donald Trump|administration]] and stated his goal to live past November 3, 2020, and see Trump [[2020 United States presidential election|voted out of office]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/414031-carl-reiner-ive-never-seen-the-american-people-being-lied-to |title=Carl Reiner: 'My personal goal' is to make it to 2020 to vote out Trump |first1=Judy |last1=Kurtz |date=October 31, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>

=== Death ===
On June 29, 2020, Reiner died from [[natural causes]] at his home in [[Beverly Hills, California]], at the age of 98.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/legendary-comedy-actor-carl-reiner-dies-aged-98-2698535#:~:text=Carl%20Reiner%20has%20died%20of,Mel%20Brooks'%20longtime%20comedy%20partner.|title= Legendary comedy actor Carl Reiner dies aged 98|website= NME|date= June 30, 2020|access-date= February 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Robbins |first1=Ted |title=Carl Reiner, Actor, Director, Writer, Producer And Mensch, Dies At 98 |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/30/510434234/carl-reiner-actor-director-writer-producer-and-mensch-dies-at-98 |access-date=2020-07-06 |publisher=NPR |date=2020-06-30}}</ref> According to his nephew George Shapiro, Reiner had been in good spirits all day, and had spent the evening watching television with Mel Brooks; afterward, at around 10:00&nbsp;pm, he became unsteady and fell while walking with the assistance of his housekeeper. He lost consciousness within a few minutes and died shortly thereafter.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Littleton |first1=Cynthia |title=Carl Reiner's Last Day: Producer George Shapiro Remembers the Comedy Legend |url=https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/carl-reiner-dead-final-day-george-shapiro-1234697914/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=July 3, 2020 |access-date=July 9, 2020}}</ref>

Upon news of his death, fellow comedians and other figures in the entertainment industry gave tributes and remembrance, including Brooks, [[Alan Alda]], [[Steve Martin]], [[Jerry Seinfeld]], [[Jason Alexander]], [[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Carol Burnett]], [[George Clooney]], [[Bette Midler]], [[Bernadette Peters]], and [[Sarah Silverman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/30/carl-reiner-dead-jason-alexander-rob-reiner-celebrities-react/3284857001/|title= 'Carl Reiner was comedy genius': Mel Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, more pay tribute|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=2020-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/carl-reiner-dead-hollywood-tributes-rob-reiner-1234694238/|title= Rob Reiner, George Clooney, Dick Van Dyke and More Stars Pay Tribute to 'Comedy Legend' Carl Reiner|website= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date= June 30, 2020|access-date=2020-07-01}}</ref> [[Cheryl Hines]] and [[Orlando Jones]], two of Reiner's co-stars in ''[[Father of the Pride]]'', expressed their condolences on Twitter, Hines stating that he was "not only an amazing comedic gift, but was also an extraordinary human being".<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Cheryl Hines |author-link=Cheryl Hines |user=cherylhines |number=1277987834498912256 |title=He made all of the directors at the Directors ...}}</ref> Jones mentioned his time with Reiner during their work on ''Father of the Pride'' and expressed his gratitude for his kindness and lessons.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/TheOrlandoJones/status/1278171276243238913 |title= I had the distinct pleasure to work with ... |via= Twitter |date= June 30, 2020 |access-date= July 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701034302/https://twitter.com/TheOrlandoJones/status/1278171276243238913 |archive-date=1 July 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2022}}