The family of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have issued a statement after the couple were found dead in their Los Angeles home, as police investigate an apparent homicide
Film director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner have been found dead, their family confirmed in a statement. Rob, who directed When Hally Met Sally and many other classic movies, was found dead alongside his wife at their home in Los Angeles.
Homicide detectives are now investigating after reports claimed the couple were found with knife wounds.
Their family have now spoken out on the tragedy. In a statement to Variety, they said: “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 privacy during this unbelievably difficult time.”
Rob was 78, and his wife Michele was 68. Reiner directed classics such as heavy metal mockumentary This is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, Misery, When Harry Met Sally and A Few Good Men.
He was a prominent progressive voice in the Hollywood community, reports Variety, and also a major fundraiser for the Democratic Party. He had also been a vocal critic of US President Donald Trump.
The son of comedian and director Carl Reiner, he also starred as Michael “Meathead” Stivic before moving behind the camera. He founded Castle Rock, the production company which made In the Line of Fire, City Slickers, The Shawshank Redemption and Seinfeld.
His wife Michele Singer was a photographer who shot Donald Trump’s photo for the cover of “The Art of the Deal.”
The couple are survived by three children — Jake, Nick and Romy, while Reiner was also the adoptive father of actress Tracy Reiner, the daughter of his first wife, the late actress and director Penny Marshall.
LA police said homicide officers were despatched to the house in the Brentwood neighbourhood, amid reports that a man, 78, and woman, 68, had been found dead.
A post on X (Twitter) from LA Police Department’s media relations division read: “On December 14th, at 3:40 pm, LAPD officers responded to a death investigation in the 200 block of S. Chadbourne Ave. Inside the residence, officers discovered 2 decedents. The identity of the decedents has not yet been confirmed.
“Robbery Homicide Division (RHD) responded to the residence, which has been identified as the home of Rob Reiner. At this time, no further details are available as this is an ongoing RHD investigation, into an apparent homicide.”
Sources told TMZ that the couple had been found with ‘lacerations consistent with a knife’.
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