Police are treating the double deaths as murder and investigations proceed.
Hollywood director Rob Reiner has been discovered lifeless alongside his spouse Michelle Singer Reiner at their Los Angeles residence. The When Harry Met Sally director, 78, and his 68-year-old spouse reportedly had stab wounds, a supply near the household instructed NBC information.
A legislation official stated a member of the family is being questioned by LAPD detectives. LAPD Captain Mike Bland stated they had been investigating an ‘obvious murder’. Emergency providers had been referred to as to the plush Brentwood property at round 3,30pm native time on Sunday, December 15. Native information studies counsel a big police presence exterior the house.
Rob’s household have now damaged their silence and issued a press release confirming their deaths. “It’s with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner. We’re heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privateness throughout this unbelievably tough time,” his household stated in a assertion to Selection .
Reiner turned a family identify taking part in Michael Meathead Stivic, the outspoken son-in-law on Norman Lear’s All within the Household. He started directing, and was cherished for classics reminiscent of When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride, That is Spinal Faucet, A Few Good Males and Stand By Me.
He additionally continued performing showing in Sleepless in Seattle and extra just lately as Leonardo DiCaprio’s on display screen father in Wolf of Wall Avenue and a visitor position in TV present The Bear.
In a press release, LA Mayor Karen Bass stated she was ‘heartbroken’ by the Reiners’ deaths, calling them ‘a devastating loss for our metropolis and our nation.’
‘Rob Reiner’s contributions reverberate all through American tradition and society, and he has improved numerous lives by means of his artistic work and advocacy preventing for social and financial justice,’ Bass stated
Our sister title The Mirror has contacted Rob Reiner’s consultant and LAPD for remark.
