New Delhi: Renowned Hollywood director and actor Rob Reiner, best known for playing Michael “Meathead” Stivic in All in the Family and directing classics including When Harry Met Sally…, has been found dead along with his wife Michelle Singer Reiner, according to a report in TMZ.
The couple sustained knife injuries, the publication reported. The Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Division is investigating. Death.
Spokesperson confirmed the death
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A spokesperson for the Renner family confirmed the deaths, The Guardian reported on Sunday evening.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the tragic passing of Michelle and Rob Reiner,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this incredibly difficult time.”
Who was Rob Reiner?
Born in 1947 in the Bronx, New York, Reiner was the son of renowned comedian Carl Reiner and singer Estelle Rebost. He began his career as an actor in the 1960s, and achieved widespread fame as countercultural Michael “Meathead” Stivic in all nine seasons of the landmark sitcom All in the Family. He won two of five Emmy nominations for the role and received five Golden Globe nominations.
Reiner made his directorial debut in 1984 with the iconic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. He followed this with exceptionally acclaimed films, including Stand by Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), When Harry Met Sally… (1989), Misery (1990), and A Few Good Men (1992), the latter of which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
He often described Stand by Me as particularly meaningful, saying that it was the first project that he felt existed outside of his father’s shadow. “Spinal Tap was satire, and I love satire, but that was something my father did,” Renner told The Guardian in 2018.
According to a report by Celebrity Net Worth, the American actor, director had an estimated net worth of around $200 million.
Rob Reiner’s wedding
Rainer was married to photographer Michelle Singer Rainer in 1989. The couple met while he was directing When Harry Met Sally…, which he made with his longtime friend Nora Ephron after being single for a decade. Inspired by their new romance, Reiner changed the film’s original downbeat ending so that Harry and Sally ultimately end up together.
The Renners had three children, Jake, Nick and Romy. Renner was also the adoptive father of actor Tracy Renner, the daughter of his first wife, actor and director Penny Marshall, who died in 2018.
tribute paid
Tributes poured in from across Hollywood following news of his deathDirector Paul Feig wrote on
Actor Paul Walter Hauser also shared his sadness, writing, “Sad to lose my favorite director of all time. A few good men are the reason I became an actor, and Rob’s filmography behind the camera is the reason I wanted to direct and still do.”
Hauser recalled a 2010 encounter at Los Angeles’ Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where Reiner was in the audience. He wrote, “I couldn’t help but think, ‘Commit to this. Rob Reiner is watching.’