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TV comedy pioneer Sid Caesar, whose legacy includes modern sketch comedy, sitcoms, dies at 91
• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Carl Reiner remembers Sid Caesar as a great flame who drew comedy writer "moths" including Mel Brooks and Neil Simon to his side.
• The genius of 1950s TV comedy is illuminating television even today. Shows from "Saturday Night Live" to sitcoms owe a debt to Caesar's brilliant interpretation of material by Brooks, Simon, Woody Allen and Reiner himself, among others.
• He was "inarguably the greatest pantomimist, monologist and single sketch comedian who ever worked in television," Reiner said of the actor-comedian, who died Wednesday at his Los Angeles area home after a brief illness. He was 91.
• "Your Show of Shows," 1950-54, with co-star Imogene Coca, and "Caesar's Hour," 1954-57, were his major achievements.
• "He was one of the truly great comedians of my time and one of the finest privileges I've had in my entire career was that I was able to work for him," Allen said in a statement.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Thursday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2014. There are 321 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Feb. 13, 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, also known as ASCAP, was founded in New York to protect the copyrights of creators and ensure compensation for public performances of their works.
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• On this date:
• In 1542, the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, was executed for adultery.
• In 1861, Abraham Lincoln was officially declared winner of the 1860 presidential election as electors cast their ballots.
• In 1920, the League of Nations recognized the perpetual neutrality of Switzer (Continued on page 37)
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