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==Early life==
Caesar was the youngest of three sons; his family was Jewish.<ref>[https://forward.com/schmooze/192701/rip-sid-caesar-jewish-comedians-hail-the-chief/ By Anne Cohen, February 12, 2014, Forward]</ref> He was born in [[Yonkers, New York]].<ref name="Paskin">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/interviews/interview-sid-caesar-1.18603|title=Interview: Sid Caesar|last=Paskin|first=Barbra|date=October 7, 2010|website=The Jewish Chronicle|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/with-a-jewish-infused-style-sid-caesar-revolutionized-television-comedy/|title=With a Jewish-infused style, Sid Caesar revolutionized television comedy|date=March 21, 2014|website=The Jewish Standard|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref> His father was Max Ziser (1874–1946) and his mother was Ida (née Raphael) (1887–1975). They likely were from [[Dąbrowa Tarnowska]], Poland.<ref>cite web|url=http://jgsgw.org/SidCaeserArticle.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130009/http://jgsgw.org/SidCaeserArticle.pdf |date=March 5, 2016 }}</ref> Reports state that the surname "Caesar" was given to Max, as a child, by an immigration official at [[Ellis Island]].<ref>U.S. Census 1920, Yonkers, NY, enumerator's district 205, page 15A, and U.S. Census 1930, Yonkers, NY, enumerator's district 60-3, p. 6A</ref><ref>{{cite book |
Max and Ida Caesar ran a restaurant, a 24-hour [[luncheonette]].<ref name="JDF">{{cite news |url=http://forward.com/articles/192680/sid-caesar-brought-jewish-humor-to-middle-america/ |title=Sid Caesar, Brought Jewish Humor to Middle America, Dies at 91|work=[[The Jewish Daily Forward]] |date=February 12, 2014 |access-date=February 13, 2014 | archive-date=February 16, 2014| url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140216004421/http://forward.com/articles/192680/sid-caesar-brought-jewish-humor-to-middle-america/}}</ref>
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Caesar died on February 12, 2014, at his home in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 91, after a short illness.<ref name="LATobit">{{cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |url=http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-et-st-sid-caesar-pioneer-of-live-television-comedy-dies-at-91-20140212,0,5712035.story#axzz2t8zjLAHB |title=Sid Caesar, pioneer of live television comedy, dies at 91 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date= February 12, 2014 |access-date=February 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sid-caesar-dead-comedy-titan-679817|title=Sid Caesar Dead: Comedy Titan Was 91|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=February 12, 2014|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=June 26, 2019}}</ref>
On Caesar's death, [[Carl Reiner]] said, "He was the ultimate, he was the very best sketch artist and comedian that ever existed." [[Mel Brooks]] commented, "Sid Caesar was a giant, maybe the best comedian who ever practiced the trade. And I was privileged to be one of his writers and one of his friends."<ref name="Reuters"/> [[Woody Allen]] stated, "He was one of the truly great comedians of my time".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26162316|title= Sid Caesar: Mel Brooks and Woody Allen pay tribute|work= BBC News|date= February 12, 2014|accessdate= June 6, 2022}}</ref> [[Jon Stewart]] and ''[[The Daily Show]]'' paid tribute to Caesar at the show's close on February 12, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cc.com/video/32a1qm/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-moment-of-zen-sid-caesar-tribute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410174059/https://www.cc.com/video/32a1qm/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-moment-of-zen-sid-caesar-tribute |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |title=Sid Caesar Tribute - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 02/12/14 (Video Clip) |publisher=TheDailyShow.com |date=February 12, 2014 |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref> ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' republished a brief tribute written by [[Billy Crystal]] in August 2005, in which he said of Caesar and his contemporaries:
{{blockquote|I get nervous when I am with these giants. I always feel like I want to say, Thank you. I am blessed to have grown up in their time of perfection, to have witnessed the utter force of Sid. Live, uncut, daring but not risqué. Never stooping beneath themselves, Sid and this team of icons put forth a raucous, hilarious, and truthful brand of comedy that, 50 years later, is still funny and inspiring, and makes me think ... What kind of comedy would I be doing if I hadn't seen Sid Caesar? Would I be a comedian at all?<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Crystal |first=Billy |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/sid-caesar-billy-crystal |title=All Hail Caesar |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=August 2005 |access-date=2014-02-13}}</ref>}}
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