Flowers are positioned exterior Rob Reiner’s residence in Brentwood.Credit: AP
Representatives for Reiner’s household didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark and it wasn’t instantly clear if Nick Reiner had an legal professional who may converse on his behalf.
“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner. We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privateness throughout this unbelievably troublesome time,” an announcement given to CNN anchor Elex Michaelson reads.
According to AP sources, investigators consider the couple suffered stab wounds.
A police officer locations tape across the investigation scene close to Rob Reiner’s home on Sunday evening (Monday afternoon AEDT).Credit: AP
The Los Angeles Fire Department informed AP it responded to a medical support request on Sunday afternoon (Monday AEDT) and located a 78-year-old man and 68-year-old lady lifeless inside.
The residence is situated within the upscale Brentwood neighbourhood on town’s west aspect that’s house to many celebrities.
Reiner was some of the prolific administrators in Hollywood, and his work consists of a few of the most memorable films of the Nineteen Eighties and ’90s, together with This is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride.
His position as Meathead within the Nineteen Seventies TV basic All within the Family alongside Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker catapulted him to fame.
As a director, Reiner additionally tailored two books – The Body and Misery – by the prolific American writer Stephen King. “I’m horrified and saddened by the dying of Rob Reiner and Michele. Wonderful buddy, political ally, and good filmmaker,” King stated on X in a single day.
The son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner married photographer Michele Singer Reiner in 1989.
The two met whereas he was directing When Harry Met Sally and have three youngsters collectively, together with Nick Reiner, who co-wrote the semi-autobiographical movie Being Charlie based mostly on his battle with dependancy, which Rob Reiner directed.
Reiner was beforehand married to actor-director Penny Marshall from 1971 to 1981. He adopted her daughter, Tracy Reiner. Carl Reiner died in 2020 at age 98 and Marshall died in 2018.
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