Rob Reiner attends the Los Angeles Premiere of ”Spinal Faucet II: The Finish Continues” at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, Sept. 9. Reuters-Yonhap
LOS ANGELES — Director-actor Rob Reiner and his spouse Michele have been the 2 individuals discovered useless Sunday at a Los Angeles residence owned by Reiner, in keeping with a regulation enforcement official briefed on the investigation.
The official couldn’t publicly focus on particulars of the investigation and spoke to The Related Press on situation of anonymity.
Investigators consider they suffered stab wounds and a member of the family is being questioned by investigators, the official mentioned.
The Los Angeles Hearth Division mentioned it responded to a medical assist 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 residence, mentioned Capt. Mike Bland with the Los Angeles Police Division.
Los Angeles authorities haven’t confirmed the identities of the individuals discovered useless on the residence within the upscale Brentwood neighborhood on town’s west facet that’s residence to many celebrities.
Reiner was lengthy one of the vital prolific administrators in Hollywood, and his work included among the most memorable motion pictures of the Eighties and ’90s, together with “That is Spinal Faucet,” “A Few Good Males,” “When Harry Met Sally” and “The Princess Bride.”
His position as Meathead within the Nineteen Seventies TV traditional “All within the Household” alongside Carol O’Connor’s Archie Bunker catapulted him to fame and gained him two Emmy Awards.
Messages to his representatives weren’t instantly returned Sunday evening.
Emergency personnel stage close to Rob Reiner’s residence Sunday, Dec. 14, within the Brentwood part of Los Angeles. AP-Yonhap
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass referred to as Reiner’s dying a devastating loss for town.
“Rob Reiner’s contributions reverberate all through American tradition and society, and he has improved numerous lives by means of his inventive work and advocacy combating for social and financial justice,” Bass mentioned in an announcement. “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 youngsters 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 buddy Ron Goldman have been killed in 1994.
