Rob Reiner, wife Michele reportedly found dead in LA home

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Oscar-nominated director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles-area home, according to reports.

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Multiple outlets were reporting that a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman had been found dead in a Los Angeles-area home, which NBC Los Angeles had confirmed with “multiple law enforcement sources.”

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TMZ reported that the deceased were Reiner and his wife Michele. Sources told TMZ the victims’ bodies had lacerations consistent with stab wounds.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to the city’s Brentwood neighbourhood west of Beverly Hills at about 3:30 p.m. PT, NBC reported.

Large police presence at home owned by Reiner

The outlet said police officers were then dispatched to the home “within a few minutes” to respond to reports of an “ambulance death investigation,” which is used by the Los Angeles Police Department for when firefighters notify them about a death, NBC reported.

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Detectives from the department’s robbery and homicide division have been assigned to the case, NBC reported, adding that “several other LAPD officials said they were aware of the investigation but could not share any information.”

The Associated Press, however, reported that detectives were investigating an “apparent homicide.”

Neighbours told NBC that Reiner and his wife Michele lived at the home. The outlet also tracked down property records indicating the Reiners were the owners.

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Actor-director nominated for Oscar in 1993

Reiner, 78, was nominated for an Oscar in 1993 for A Few Good Men and has been behind the camera for numerous other Hollywood hits including This is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally… and Misery.

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He is also known for dozens of acting roles including his breakout in All in the Family as well as Sleepless in Seattle and The Wolf of Wall Street.

Messages to Reiner’s representatives were not immediately returned Sunday night, The Associated Press reported.

The son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner had been married to photographer Michele Singer Reiner since 1989. The two met while he was directing When Harry Met Sally… and they have three children together.

Reiner was previously 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.

— With files from The Associated Press.

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