\u201cIt is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,\u201d a spokesperson for the family said in a statement published by the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The outlet also reported that there was no sign of forced entry into the home, and that a family member was being interviewed.<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Police Department\u2019s Robbery Homicide Division is still investigating the shocking discovery inside Reiner and Singer\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
Variety first reported the LAPD\u2019s grim discovery was made on Sunday, local time, at the film-maker\u2019s Brentwood home in California.<\/p>\n
According to police, the deceased were a man and a woman, aged 78 and 68.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the department noted that detectives from LAPD\u2019s Robbery-Homicide Division \u2013 a department tasked with handling high-profile investigations \u2013 were quickly called to the scene.<\/p>\n
TMZ reports that the Los Angeles Fire Department were called to the home about 3.30pm local time on Sunday for medical aid and found a man and a woman dead inside the house.<\/p>\n
According to the outlet, the LAPD arrived about 10 minutes after LAFD and has now opened an investigation into the two deaths.<\/p>\n
It was soon confirmed that the deceased man and woman were Reiner and Singer.<\/p>\n
Reiner first found fame as an actor, with a lead role in the 1970s US sitcom All in the Family. But his career blossomed behind the camera, and he directed a string of hit movies, including When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride and A Few Good Men, which was nominated for Best Picture in 1993.<\/p>\n
His wife, Singer, was a photographer who shot Donald Trump\u2019s photo for the cover of his 1987 book The Art of the Deal.<\/p>\n
Reiner and Singer were first introduced while he was directing When Harry Met Sally. They went on to marry that same year, 1989, and later welcomed three children together: Jake, Nick and Romy.<\/p>\n
The director was also the adoptive father of actress Tracy Reiner, the daughter of his first wife, the late Laverne & Shirley star Penny Marshall.<\/p>\n
Reiner continued to direct throughout his 36-year marriage to Singer on films such as The Wolf of Wall Street, The American President, The Bucket List and Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.<\/p>\n
According to his IMDb page, he still had one more directorial project left in the pipeline before his death: the live concert film Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale, which was set for release next year.<\/p>\n
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