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#rob-reiner

Rob Reiner, who played Michael Stivic in 1970s sitcom All in the Family, went on to direct films including Stand By Me, A Few Good Men and When Harry Met Sally. His wife, Michele Singer Reiner, was a photographer, and they were found dead in their Brentwood, California, home Sunday afternoon. Nick Reiner was taken into custody Sunday evening. His Tuesday appearance was postponed because medical reasons prevented him from being transported from jail to the courthouse, according to the Associated Press.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dennis Maguire, who worked as Rob Reiner's first assistant director on "Misery" and the reshoots for "Stand By Me." On Sunday, Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home. The following has been edited for length and clarity. People liked Rob, and Rob liked people. He enjoyed life, and I know he gave back. Rob wasn't really flashy. Yes, he was born into royalty in Hollywood, but he wasn't pretentious at all, at least not in my experience with him. He was the real deal.

The rumour began circulating in mid-December, mostly on Facebook. The main post, circulated by Jonathan Gregory, who has more than 80,000 followers, claims that Nick "had recently begun transitioning into a woman". The post goes on to wildly claim that his fictional transition was what led him to his attack his parents. There is no evidence to support the claim that Reiner is transitioning, and a closer look at the Facebook post shows there is no factual basis.

I don't really want to talk about anything other than Rob Reiner because he was such an incredible inspiration to me. And if you mention Tenacious D, there is no Tenacious D without Spinal Tap. And anyone out here, any of the young millennials that haven't seen [This Is] Spinal Tap, do yourself a favor. There's no School of Rock without Spinal Tap.

The Reiners were, as Tolstoy might say, one of those happy families that all look alike, just one like all the others. But they carried a burden that made them unhappy in their own way. Rob and Michele's middle son, Nick, had many problems: addiction, mental health issues. At 32, he still lived with his parents. They were worried and had discussed it with their closest friends: the Obamas, the Crystals.

Wikler pulled out all the stops to achieve this result, and he had help from an unexpected ally: filmmaker Rob Reiner. The Hollywood director became a central figure in what Wikler recalls as "the biggest state party fundraiser, as far as I know, in American history." That event, a dramatic reading of the script from Reiner's highly regarded film The Princess Bride, was streamed online, attracted 142,000 viewers, and stirred the energy of grassroots activists at a critical stage in an ultimately successful campaign.

Famed entertainer Rob Reiner and his wife Michele sadly passed away on Sunday in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood. We are shocked and saddened by the tragic deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele.An Emmy Award-winning actor and Academy Award-nominated director, Reiner was an avid baseball fan. The Bronx native and Los Angeles resident was a longtime Dodgers fan.Reiner made numerous... pic.twitter.com/hS9atUa7kM- MLB (@MLB) December 15, 2025

During his peak, he churned out intelligent studio smash hits like it was the easiest thing in the world; at his lowest, you wondered how in the world anyone thought it was smart to give this guy money to make a movie. Reiner could be called a journeyman director, except what kind of journeyman director could make a movie as confident as When Harry Met Sally, or as anarchic as This Is Spinal Tap, or one that juggles as many tones as The Princess Bride?

Even if you don't know who Rob Reiner was, you're living in a world he helped shape. He leveraged the TV fame he earned in the 1970s playing Mike "Meathead" Stivic, the son-in-law and main adversary of motormouthed bigot Archie Bunker on All in the Family, and became a filmmaker responsible for some of the most beloved American movies of the '80s and '90s: Stand by Me ('86), The Princess Bride('87), When Harry Met Sally('89), Misery ('90), A Few Good Men ('92).

There was always something of the populist in Rob Reiner's directorial work; he trafficked in the realm of the crowd-pleasing comedy, the suspenseful four-quadrant thriller, the mainstream-friendly courtroom drama. But he managed to innovate and pioneer even in these confines. Hell, in his 1984 directorial debut, "This is Spinal Tap," he practically invented the entire genre of the mockumentary (which "Tap" co-writer and co-star Christopher Guest would make a career of continuing), and in so doing changed the face of cinematic comedy forever.

Carl Reiner moved his family to California in the 1950s, with Rob just a boy. And in addition to naming the main character in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" Rob - Rob Petrie - he used family stories in the plots of the show. The real Rob was about Ritchie's age then. I identified him 'cause I was about that age, too.

[ Seinfeld] would have never happened without him. He saw something no one else could. When nobody at the network liked the early episodes, he saved us from cancellation,

Rob Reiner, who was found dead alongside his wife, Michele Reiner, at their Los Angeles home in what police are investigating as a double homicide, was not only a celebrated filmmaker but also a longtime Democratic Party supporter and one of US President Donald Trump's most outspoken critics. Reiner, 78, and his wife, Michele, 70, were discovered dead at their home on Sunday. Their son, Nick Reiner, has since been arrested on homicide charges.

Rob Reiner's younger son, Nick Reiner, was arrested and booked Monday for what investigators believe was the fatal stabbing of the director-actor and his wife Michelle at their Los Angeles home a day earlier. Police Chief Jim McDonnell said Nick Reiner, 32, has been booked for murder and is being held on $4 million bail. Nick Reiner has spoken publicly of his struggles with addiction and homelessness.

After his tragic death Sunday, the world remembers Rob Reiner as a cinematic force - and he was one, as an unforgettable presence on the ambitious 1970s sitcom "All in the Family" and later as the director of beloved films. I came to know him differently: as a restless thinker who transformed his own life story into bold public policy, reshaping how California understands and invests in its youngest children.