A police officer blocks off a road close to Rob Reiner’s residence Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, within the Brentwood part of Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES — Director-actor Rob Reiner and his spouse Michele have been the 2 folks discovered useless Sunday at a Los Angeles dwelling owned by Reiner, based on a legislation enforcement official briefed on the investigation.
The official couldn’t publicly talk about particulars of the investigation and spoke to The Related Press on situation of anonymity.
Investigators imagine they suffered stab wounds and a member of the family is being questioned by investigators, the official mentioned.
The Los Angeles Fireplace Division mentioned it responded to a medical support request shortly after 3:30 p.m. and located a 78-year-old man and 68-year-old girl useless inside. Reiner turned 78 in March.
Detectives with the Theft Murder Division have been investigating an “obvious murder” at Reiner’s dwelling, mentioned Capt. Mike Bland with the Los Angeles Police Division.
Information media collect close to Rob Reiner’s residence Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, within the Brentwood part of Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles authorities haven’t confirmed the identities of the folks discovered useless on the residence within the upscale Brentwood neighborhood on the town’s west facet that is dwelling to many celebrities.
Reiner was lengthy one of the prolific administrators in Hollywood, and his work included a few of the most memorable motion pictures of the Nineteen Eighties and ’90s, together with “That is Spinal Faucet,” “A Few Good Males,” “When Harry Met Sally” and “The Princess Bride.”
His function as Meathead in Norman Lear’s Seventies TV traditional “All within the Household,” alongside Carol O’Connor’s Archie Bunker, catapulted him to fame and received him two Emmy Awards.
Family members of Lear, the legendary producer who died in 2023, mentioned they have been bereft by the information.
“Norman typically referred to Rob as a son, and their shut relationship was extraordinary, to us and the world,” mentioned a Lear household assertion. “Norman would have needed to remind us that Rob and Michele spent each breath making an attempt to make this nation a greater place, and so they pursued that via their artwork, their activism, their philanthropy, and their love for household and mates.”
Messages to Reiner’s representatives weren’t instantly returned Sunday night time.
Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner arrive on the crimson carpet on the State Division for the Kennedy Middle Honors gala dinner, Dec. 2, 2023, in Washington.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass referred to as Reiner’s loss of life a devastating loss for the town.
“Rob Reiner’s contributions reverberate all through American tradition and society, and he has improved numerous lives via his artistic work and advocacy combating for social and financial justice,” Bass mentioned in a press release. “An acclaimed actor, director, producer, author, and engaged political activist, he at all times used his presents in service of others.”
The son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner was married to photographer Michele Singer Reiner since 1989. The 2 met whereas he was directing “When Harry Met Sally” and have three kids collectively.
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.
Killings are uncommon within the Brentwood neighborhood. The scene is a couple of mile from the house the place O.J. Simpson’s spouse Nicole Brown Simpson and her good friend Ron Goldman have been killed in 1994.
