Filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead at their Brentwood home on Sunday afternoon in an apparent double homicide. TMZ reported that their deaths are attributed to lacerations consistent with a knife.
The Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed it responded to a call of a medical emergency around 3:38 p.m. on South Chadbourne Ave. on Dec. 14. The deceased were described as a 78-year-old man and 68-year-old woman, which match the ages of Reiner and his wife.
The Los Angeles Police Department Robbery and Homicide Division responded to the scene and confirmed that the home belongs to Reiner.
Reiner’s career in Hollywood spans more than five decades, both in front of and behind the camera. He first rose to fame in the 1970s as Michael “Meathead” Stivic on the groundbreaking sitcom All in the Family, becoming a familiar face during one of television’s most influential eras.
He made his directorial debut with 1984’s seminal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, following it up with a string of classics: Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally…, Misery, and A Few Good Men.
Born in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1947, Reiner is the son of late comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director Carl Reiner, who died in 2020 at the age of 98, and his wife, actress Estelle Reiner. Rob and his family relocated to Los Angeles when he was 13. He attended Beverly Hills High School and the University of California, Los Angeles.
In 1989, Rob married photographer and author Michele Singer Reiner. The couple shares three children.
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