Rob Reiner, Michele Singer Reiner useless in murder at Brentwood dwelling

Longtime Hollywood star Rob Reiner and his spouse had been discovered useless at their Brentwood dwelling Sunday in what police are describing as an obvious murder.

A spokesperson for the Reiner household confirmed the deaths Sunday night.

“It’s with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,” the household spokesperson stated in an announcement. “We’re heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privateness throughout this unbelievably troublesome time.”

Los Angeles police had been investigating the deaths as a murder after the our bodies of Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner had been discovered on the dwelling within the 200 block of Chadbourne Avenue, police stated.

Legislation enforcement sources instructed The Occasions {that a} member of the family was being interviewed in reference to the deaths.

The sources, who weren’t licensed to talk publicly concerning the ongoing investigation, confirmed that there was no signal of pressured entry into the house.

At a information convention late Sunday, LAPD Chief Detective Alan Hamilton launched little details about the case however stated the demise investigation was ongoing. He stated officers had been working to safe a search warrant earlier than launching a “thorough” investigation contained in the residence.

“At the moment, the Los Angeles Police Division just isn’t searching for anybody as a suspect or as an individual of curiosity … and we is not going to be doing that till we conduct our investigation and we transfer ahead,” Hamilton stated. He stated many members of the family can be interviewed however that “nobody has been detained; nobody is being questioned as a suspect.”

Earlier Sunday, Margaret Stewart, a Los Angeles Hearth Division spokesman, stated the division was referred to as to the residence round 3:30 p.m. for medical help. Inside the house, the 2 our bodies had been discovered.

Rob Reiner and spouse Michele Reiner attend the forty sixth Kennedy Heart Honors gala on the Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts in Washington in December 2023.

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Reiner has had a five-decade-long profession in Hollywood.

Early in his profession, he performed Michael “Meathead” Stivic on the enduring sitcom “All within the Household” from 1971 to 1979, alongside Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker.

As a director, Reiner helmed a string of hits together with “When Harry Met Sally,” “The Princess Bride” and “This Is Spinal Faucet.” His work took a dramatic flip when he directed the 1986 adaptation of Stephen King’s novella “Stand by Me.”

Reiner was nominated for an Academy Award for 1993’s “A Few Good Males,” which starred Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise, although the film misplaced to Clint Eastwood’s western “Unforgiven.”

Reiner additionally was a number one political voice in Hollywood.

Rob Reiner advocates for Proposition 82, the common preschool initiative, throughout election night time festivities on the Westin Bonaventure Resort in Los Angeles on June 6, 2006. He stated the measure wasn’t doing nicely within the polls however that he and different supporters wouldn’t quit the combat.

(Myung Chun / Los Angeles Occasions)

He was a co-founder of the American Basis for Equal Rights, the group that led the combat to overturn Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. He’s additionally been energetic in kids’s points by the years, having led the marketing campaign to move Proposition 10, the California Kids and Households Initiative, which created an bold program of early childhood growth providers.

Proposition 10 was thought-about landmark coverage. Reiner enlisted assist in the trouble from Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, and his personal father, comedy legend Carl Reiner.

Reiner was married to Penny Marshall, star of “Laverne & Shirley,” from 1971 to 1981. He met photographer Michele Singer on the set of “When Harry Met Sally” and the 2 married in 1989, the yr the film got here out.

Michele Singer Reiner started producing movies during the last decade, together with “Shock and Awe,” “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” and “Spinal Faucet II: The Finish Continues,” all directed by her husband. She additionally produced “God & Nation,” a have a look at Christian nationalism within the U.S.

By Sunday night, legislation enforcement had swarmed Reiner’s sprawling property in Brentwood, although an eerie quiet hung over Chadbourne Avenue, which had been sealed from the general public with yellow crime scene tape.

Police vehicles had been stationed at both ends of the block the place the Reiner residence is situated whereas a chopper circled overhead.

Officers spoke to a younger man contained in the sealed-off space who left the scene round 7:30 p.m. in a white Tesla and declined to talk to the media.

Councilmember Traci Park, whose Westside district consists of Brentwood, stated in an announcement that the LAPD had elevated patrols within the neighborhood “out of an abundance of warning.”

“As we proceed to attend for extra updates, I wish to categorical my profound concern and disappointment on the information popping out of Brentwood,” Park wrote within the assertion. “We’re in shut contact with LAPD because the murder unit continues their investigation.”

Mayor Karen Bass stated in an announcement that she was “heartbroken by the tragic lack of Rob and his spouse Michele.”

“Rob Reiner’s contributions reverberate all through American tradition and society, and he has improved numerous lives by his artistic work and advocacy combating for social and financial justice,” Bass stated. “An acclaimed actor, director, producer, author, and engaged political activist, he all the time used his presents in service of others.”