Rob Reiner and his spouse had been discovered useless at their Brentwood house Sunday in what police are describing as an obvious murder.
A spokesperson for the Reiner household confirmed the deaths Sunday night.
“It’s with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,” the household spokesperson stated in an announcement. “We’re heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privateness throughout this unbelievably tough time.”
Los Angeles police had been investigating the deaths as a murder after the our bodies of Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner had been discovered on the house within the 200 block of Chadbourne Avenue, police stated.
Regulation enforcement sources advised The Occasions {that a} member of the family was being interviewed in reference to the deaths.
The sources, who weren’t licensed to talk publicly concerning the ongoing investigation, confirmed that there was no signal of compelled entry into the house.
Margaret Stewart, a Los Angeles Hearth Division spokesman, stated the division was referred to as to the residence round 3:30 p.m. for medical help. Inside the house, hearth personnel found the couple’s our bodies.
Rob Reiner and spouse Michele Reiner attend the forty sixth Kennedy Middle Honors gala on the Kennedy Middle for the Performing Arts in Washington in December 2023.
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Reiner, 78, has had a five-decade-long profession in Hollywood.
Early in his profession, he performed Michael “Meathead” Stivic on the enduring sitcom “All within the Household” from 1971 to 1979, alongside Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker.
As a director, Reiner helmed a string of hits together with “When Harry Met Sally,” “The Princess Bride” and “This Is Spinal Faucet.” His work took a dramatic flip when he directed the 1986 adaptation of Steven King’s novella “Stand by Me.”
Reiner was lastly nominated for an Academy Award for 1993’s “A Few Good Males,” which starred Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise, although the film misplaced to Clint Eastwood’s western “Unforgiven.”
Reiner additionally was a number one political voice in Hollywood.
He was a co-founder of the American Basis for Equal Rights, the group that led the battle to overturn Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. He’s additionally been energetic in youngsters’s points by way of the years, having led the marketing campaign to cross Proposition 10, the California Kids and Households Initiative, which created an formidable program of early childhood improvement providers.
Proposition 10 was thought-about landmark coverage. Reiner enlisted assist in the hassle from Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, and his personal father, comedy legend Carl Reiner.
Reiner was married to Penny Marshall, star of “Laverne & Shirley,” from 1971 to 1981. He met photographer Michele Singer on the set of “When Harry Met Sally” and the 2 married in 1989, the 12 months the film got here out.
Michele Singer Reiner started producing movies during the last decade, together with “Shock and Awe,” “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” and “Spinal Faucet II: The Finish Continues,” all directed by her husband. She additionally produced “God & Nation,” a have a look at Christian nationalism within the U.S.
By Sunday night, regulation enforcement had swarmed Reiner’s sprawling property in Brentwood, although an eerie quiet hung over Chadbourne Avenue, which had been sealed from the general public with yellow crime scene tape.
Police automobiles had been stationed at both ends of the block the place the Reiner residence is positioned whereas a chopper circled overhead.
Officers spoke to a younger man inside the sealed off space, who left the scene round 7:30 p.m. in a white Tesla and declined to talk to the media.
Councilmember Traci Park, whose Westside district contains Brentwood, stated in an announcement that the LAPD had elevated patrols within the neighborhood “out of an abundance of warning.”
“As we proceed to attend for extra updates, I need to categorical my profound concern and unhappiness on the information popping out of Brentwood,” Park wrote within the assertion. “We’re in shut contact with LAPD because the murder unit continues their investigation.”
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