When Harry Met Sally and Princess Bride director dies aged 78 with wife in apparent homicide
Los Angeles: Two people were found dead at a home owned by director-actor Rob Reiner in Los Angeles, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.
The official spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because he could not disclose details of the investigation publicly. TMZ It is stated that the bodies belong to 78-year-old Reiner and his wife Michele Singer. Media reported that the couple suffered injuries consistent with a knife and that the deaths were being investigated as homicides. People The couple was allegedly killed by their son, Nick Reiner.
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner at an event in Los Angeles in March.Credit: AFP
The Los Angeles Fire Department told the AP they responded to a request for medical assistance on Sunday afternoon (Monday morning AEDT) and found a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman dead inside.
Detectives with the Robbery Homicide Division were investigating an “apparent homicide” at Reiner’s home, said Capt. Mike Bland of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Authorities have not confirmed the identities of the people found dead in the residence in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood on the city’s west side, which is home to many celebrities.
This is Spinal Tap stars Rob Reiner as Marty Dibergi and Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel.
Reiner was long one of Hollywood’s most prolific directors, and his work includes some of the most memorable films of the 1980s and ’90s. This Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally And Princess Bride.
His role as Meathead in the 1970s TV classic It’s All in the Family It catapulted him to fame alongside Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker.
Messages sent to his representatives were not immediately responded to Sunday night.
