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=== 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 2014β2015 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> <!--Needs better source: Reiner was active on Twitter until his death, becoming one of the oldest celebrities active on the platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/carlreiner|title=carl reiner (@carlreiner) β Twitter}}</ref>{{Primary source inline}}-->
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