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Mel Brooks to Mark 100th Birthday on Sunday
Comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks will turn 100 on Sunday. He was born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn on June 28, 1926.
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Mel Brooks will turn 100 on Sunday. The comedian and filmmaker was born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York, on June 28, 1926. Brooks served in the Army during World War II and later wrote for Sid Caesar's "Show of Shows," where he met Carl Reiner. The pair created the "2000 Year Old Man" comedy sketches.
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" He told The Associated Press in 2021 that his childhood in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, remained the happiest period of his life. In April, Brooks sent a video message honoring Eddie Murphy at the AFI Life Achievement Award. In May, he announced the donation of thousands of documents and photographs to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York.
Brooks has said he stopped thinking about death after age 60. "I enjoy living," he said in the 2021 interview.
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