Rob Reiner and Wife Found Dead; No Suspects, Just Life’s Ironic Plot Twist

KEY POINTS

•Director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead on Sunday in their Los Angeles Brentwood home.
•The LAPD received a medical aid call at 3:38 p.m. and confirmed the deaths are under active homicide investigation without any suspects.
•LA Mayor Karen Bass and Nancy Pelosi publicly expressed condolences while family representatives have not immediately responded.

In what feels like an episode of bleak Hollywood irony, director Rob Reiner, commander of cult classics like 'This is Spinal Tap' (1984), 'The Princess Bride' (1987), and 'When Harry Met Sally' (1989), was found dead at 78 with wife Michele, 68, on Sunday at their Brentwood mansion on Chadbourne Avenue. The LAPD got a 3:38 p.m. medical call and later vowed to talk to family but shockingly claims no suspects or persons of interest — apparently real life refuses a neat screenplay. LA Mayor Karen Bass solemnly confirmed the ongoing investigation that sounds less Hollywood, more 'Where’s the script?' Nancy Pelosi's tributes called them 'remarkable,' 'creative,' and of course, 'beloved' — as if adjectives could soften the mystery. The family’s Hollywood legacy includes three children, a daughter from Reiner's marriage to Penny Marshall, and a consequential screenplay about drug battles starring son Nick. Castle Rock Entertainment, under Warner Bros. Discovery, now owns his visionary imprint. Despite leading films rich with love, wit, and irony, the couple’s end comes uncomfortably off-script.