{"id":448752,"date":"2025-12-15T13:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/448752\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T13:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:57:13","slug":"director-rob-reiner-and-his-wife-found-dead-in-their-los-angeles-home-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/448752\/","title":{"rendered":"Director Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in their Los Angeles home \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Director-actor Rob Reiner<\/a> and his wife Michele have been found dead at their home in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n

Police believe they suffered stab wounds and a family member is being questioned, a local law enforcement source said.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Fire Department says it responded to a medical aid request shortly after 3.30pm on Sunday and found a 78-year-old man and 68-year-old woman dead inside.<\/p>\n

Detectives are investigating an \u201capparent homicide\u201d at Reiner\u2019s home, said Captain Mike Bland with the Los Angeles Police Department.<\/p>\n

Rob Reiner initially rose to fame playing Meathead, Archie Bunker\u2019s son-in-law, on the sitcom All in the Family in the 1970s, and went on to become a remarkably versatile film director. He seemed equally adept at the mockumentary (Spinal Tap), the coming-of-age film (Stand by Me), the children\u2019s classic (Princess Bride) the romantic comedy (When Harry Met Sally …) and the courtroom drama (A Few Good Men).<\/p>\n

Throughout his career as a director, Reiner continued to work as an actor on television and in the films of others, making himself into a rare Hollywood fixture who was known for his work both behind the camera and in front of it. He also led a vibrant political life, lending his celebrity to a variety of liberal causes, including same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

Christopher Guest, who starred in This Is Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride, and his wife Jamie Lee Curtis said in a joint statement that they were \u201cnumb and sad and shocked about the violent, tragic deaths of our dear friends Rob and Michelle Singer Reiner and our ONLY focus and care right now is for their children and immediate families and we will offer all support possible to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be plenty of time later to discuss the creative lives we shared and the great political and social impact they both had on the entertainment industry, early childhood development, the fight for gay marriage and their global care for a world in crisis,\u201d the couple wrote. \u201cWe have lost great friends. Please give us time to grieve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Monty Python member Eric Idle said on X that he had spoken to Reiner the night before his death: \u201cRob Reiner was a lovely man. I spoke to him last night for over an hour. I always enjoyed his company. I met him at his Dad\u2019s in 1975. He was telling me about filming at Stonehenge and his thoughts for the future … I shall miss him. A clever, talented and very thoughtful man. So awful.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Reiner\u2019s family was rooted in show business. His father, Carl Reiner, created The Dick Van Dyke Show, moving the family to Los Angeles from New York in the 1950s and at times drawing inspiration from his own family life. His mother, Estelle Reiner, was an actor and a singer.<\/p>\n

After he was drawn to the stage in a high school drama class, Rob Reiner worked in small theatres and started his own improv group before landing the role on what would become one of America\u2019s defining family sitcoms.<\/p>\n

During Reiner\u2019s eight years on All in the Family, from 1971 to 1978, he began spending time in the writers\u2019 room and observing the set, picking up an education in behind-the-scenes work. He won two Emmy Awards for best supporting actor.<\/p>\n

He had an ambition to direct since he was a teenager, and while a cast member on the sitcom, he directed a little-known television movie. Five years after the show ended, he made his directorial debut in 1984 with This Is Spinal Tap, a mockumentary about a British band past its prime that turned into a cult classic.<\/p>\n

After directing The Sure Thing, a romantic comedy starring John Cusack, Reiner decided to adapt a fantasy-adventure novel by William Goldman that he had loved when he was young: The Princess Bride. A charming mix of satire, adventure and romance, the movie received broad critical acclaim.<\/p>\n

Just two years later, Reiner released When Harry Met Sally …, which would become one of the most beloved and culturally enduring romantic comedies of all time.<\/p>\n

\"ChristopherChristopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel and Rob Reiner as Marty Di Bergi in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Photograph: Kyle Kaplan<\/p>\n

Kathy Bates, the actor who starred in Reiner\u2019s 1990 film Misery, said he had \u201cchanged the course\u201d of her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m horrified hearing this terrible news. Absolutely devastated. I loved Rob,\u201d she told NBC. \u201cHe was brilliant and kind, a man who made films of every genre to challenge himself as an artist. He also fought courageously for his political beliefs. He changed the course of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also praised Michele Reiner, describing her as a \u201cgifted photographer\u201d.<\/p>\n

The director Paul Feig wrote on X: \u201cRob is one of my heroes. I had the honour of calling him a friend. I pray this isn\u2019t what it sounds like it is. I just saw [him] and Michele two nights ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

The California governor, Gavin Newsom, said he was \u201cheartbroken\u201d by the Reiners\u2019 deaths, remembering Reiner as a \u201cbig-hearted genius\u201d and paying tribute to his political activism.<\/p>\n

\u201cRob was a passionate advocate for children and for civil rights \u2013 from taking on Big Tobacco, fighting for marriage equality, to serving as a powerful voice in early education. He made California a better place through his good works. Rob will be remembered for his remarkable filmography and for his extraordinary contribution to humanity,\u201d he wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n

Last year, as Reiner was preparing to shoot the sequel to Spinal Tap, <\/a>he spoke to the New York Times about some of the things that were most important to him. The first things he mentioned were \u201cmy wife and kids\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the most important to me,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s that joke \u2013 nobody on their death bed ever said: \u2018I should have spent more time at the office.\u2019 Nobody says that.\u201d \u2013 New York Times\/AP\/Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead at their home in Los Angeles. Police…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":448753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,118515],"class_list":{"0":"post-448752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-rob-reiner"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115723937001935385","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}