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  • Comedy legend Sid Caesar dies at age 91

    02/12/2014 2:11:15 PM PST · by Impala64ssa · 52 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2/12/14
    Comedy legend Sid Caesar has died at the age of 91 after a brief illness, family spokesman Eddy Friedfeld said. His former colleague Carl Reiner's assistant told FOX411 that Caesar "passed away at his home this morning." Caesar hosted 'Your Show of Shows' with partner Imogene Coca in the early 1950s, and did "Caesar's Hour" solo from 1954-57. The shows were huge hits, and became breeding grounds for young comedy writers, including Reiner, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and Neil Simon. "The one great star that television created and who created television was Sid Caesar," said critic Joel Siegel on the...