Director and actor Rob Reiner found dead at home with wife Michele Singer Reiner

"Rob Reiner, the director of beloved films including When Harry Met Sally, Misery, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap, has died aged 78 in an apparent homicide, along with his 68-year-old wife Michele Singer Reiner. Reports first began to emerge on Sunday afternoon that the bodies of a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman had been found by authorities inside a home owned by Reiner in Brentwood, Los Angeles. A spokesperson for the Reiner family confirmed their deaths on Sunday evening."

"It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner, the family spokesperson said in a statement to media. We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time. Both TMZ and People reported that the two had suffered wounds consistent with a knife attack. Details about the cause of death have not been officially disclosed yet, but the Los Angeles Police Department detectives from the Robbery Homicide Division were investigating it as an apparent homicide, LAPD captain Mike Bland said."

Rob Reiner, aged 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, aged 68, were found dead inside their Brentwood, Los Angeles home. Authorities discovered the bodies on Sunday afternoon in a residence owned by Reiner, and the family confirmed the deaths that evening, asking for privacy. TMZ and People reported wounds consistent with a knife attack, while official cause of death has not been disclosed. Los Angeles Police Department detectives from the Robbery Homicide Division are investigating the incident, and Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded to a medical aid request when the bodies were found. Reiner was a Bronx-born filmmaker and actor known for When Harry Met Sally, Misery, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and This Is Spinal Tap, and he met Michele Singer while directing When Harry Met Sally; they married in 1989. Reiner began acting in the 1960s and gained prominence as Michael "Meathead" Stivic on All in the Family.

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