{"id":184979,"date":"2025-12-15T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/184979\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:22:07","slug":"rob-reiner-and-his-wife-michele-were-killed-by-their-son-exclusive-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/184979\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son (Exclusive Sources)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<br \/>\nRob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, Dec. 14. Authorities responding to a medical aid call around 3:30 p.m. discovered their bodiesMultiple sources tell PEOPLE that the killer was the couple&#8217;s son, Nick ReinerNick Reiner previously spoke publicly about his long battle with drug addiction and periods of homelessness<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/rob-reiner-dead-all-in-the-family-director-8653589\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Reiner<\/a> and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, according to multiple sources who have spoken with family members. Police have not yet confirmed the account.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On Sunday, Dec. 14, at about 3:30 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) was called to a home to provide medical aid, the LAFD told PEOPLE. Upon arrival, they found a man, 78, and a woman, 68, dead. Sources confirm the victims were Rob and Michele.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Police say Nick, 32, is alive and being questioned. No arrests have been made.\n<\/p>\n<p>Stefanie Keenan\/Getty; Adela Loconte\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Rob is a director, producer and actor whose career includes some of Hollywood\u2019s most beloved films \u2014 from his 1984 directorial debut, This Is Spinal Tap, to Stand by Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), When Harry Met Sally&#8230; (1989), Misery (1990) and A Few Good Men (1992).\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> He first became famous for his role as Mike on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/norman-lear-life-career-in-photos-5742248\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Norman Lear<\/a>\u00a0TV sitcom\u00a0All in the Family.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Rob was born in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1947. His father was legendary comedian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/carl-reiner-life-in-photos\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Reiner<\/a>\u00a0and his mother was actress and singer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/carl-reiner-remembered-gifted-late-wife-days-before-death\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Estelle Lebost<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Rob and Michele met when Rob directed\u00a0When Harry Met Sally, and the couple married in 1989 before having three children.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Previously, Rob was married to the late\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/penny-marshall\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penny Marshall<\/a>, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/penny-marshall-dies-75\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died<\/a>\u00a0in 2018 at age 75 of complications from diabetes.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-true-crime-newsletter-sign-up-8692775\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> In a 2016 interview with PEOPLE, Nick spoke about his years-long struggle with drug addiction, which began in his early teens and eventually left him living on the streets. He said he cycled in and out of rehab beginning around age 15, but as his addiction escalated, he drifted farther from home and spent significant stretches homeless in multiple states.\n<\/p>\n<p> Nick Reiner.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Cavanaugh\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Nick told PEOPLE that the chaotic period of addiction \u2014 including nights and sometimes weeks sleeping outside \u2014 later became the basis for the semi-autobiographical film Being Charlie, which he co-wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cNow, I\u2019ve been home for a really long time, and I\u2019ve sort of gotten acclimated back to being in L.A. and being around my family,&#8221; Nick told PEOPLE at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-184979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}