Mel Brooks was with Carl Reiner when he collapsed in bathroom and died: ‘I wouldn’t accept it’

Lauren Sarner
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:49:05 -0500

Friends until the end. In the upcoming HBO documentary, “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!,” the comedy legend reveals that he was with his best friend, Carl Reiner, when the latter passed away.? “Mel was there when my dad died,” Carl’s son, Rob Reiner, said in an interview for the documentary, before his own...