Writer, director and comedic legend, born to Jewish immigrants in New York, created 'Dick Van Dyke Show,' pioneered sitcom and sketch TV programs

Assistant of star from 'The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming' and 'It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' films says he passed of natural causes at his Beverly Hills home

'It is kind of a walk through my life,' the 93-year-old says of 'Mel Brooks Unwrapped,' an introspective look at a nearly 60-year career from the Catskills to Hollywood