TV Legend Sid Caesar Dies At 91
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Sid Caesar, the rubber-faced comic whose madcap sketches on live broadcasts in the 1950s became TV classics, has died. He was 91.
Aided and abetted by an ensemble cast headed by comedienne Imogene Coca, Mr. Caesar was hailed as the King of Comedy, figuring in almost every skit in hour-long or 90-minute programs during TV seasons that commonly ran for 39 weeks.
As the star of “Your Show of Shows” and “Caesar’s Hour,” he hired, inspired and goaded a legendary group of young writers. Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Woody Allen and Larry Gelbart were among them, and all went on to greater fame later in television, movies and the stage. Among companies that sponsored his series were R. J. Reynolds’ Camel cigarettes, Quaker Oats, Bab-O, American Chicle, Speidel, RCA and Helena Rubenstein.
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