{"id":70762,"date":"2025-12-15T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/70762\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T04:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T04:00:07","slug":"legendary-director-rob-reiner-wife-found-stabbed-to-death-in-la-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/70762\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary director Rob Reiner, wife found stabbed to death in LA home"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Rob Reiner and his longtime wife have been found stabbed to death inside their Brentwood home in an incident that has sent shockwaves through Hollywood.<\/p>\n

Officers were called to the home Sunday afternoon, where they discovered a man and woman with stab wounds, according to cops and sources. <\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Fire Department told\u00a0NBC Los Angeles<\/a>\u00a0that a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman were found dead inside the home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The ages match those of Reiner and his wife, Michele, and Post sources confirmed the bodies discovered were the longtime couple, who married in 1989. <\/p>\n

The LAFD paramedics rushed to the home around 3:30 p.m. Shortly after, officers with the LAPD responded to the home following reports of an \u201cambulance death investigation,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

Detectives from LAPD\u2019s Robbery-Homicide Division were also at the scene, a spokesperson for the department said. A knife is believed to have been used in the attack, sources said.<\/p>\n

Officers had the street blocked off in front of Reiner\u2019s house, and detectives could be seen going in and out of the residence. <\/p>\n

The Post reporters at the scene observed Reiner\u2019s home decked out in holiday decor. It\u2019s in a posh high-end Brentwood neighborhood with homes protected by large hedges and gates.<\/p>\n

An aerial view of Rob Reiner\u2019s Brentwood home, where paramedics and police responded Sunday after reports that two people were found dead. NBCLA<\/p>\n

Reiner, 78, is best known for directing a slew of classic \u201980s and \u201990s hit films, including \u201cWhen Harry Met Sally,\u201d \u201cThe Princess Bride,\u201d \u201cSpinal Tap\u201d and \u201cA Few Good Men.\u201d\u00a0 Getty Images<\/p>\n

Scenes from outside Reiner\u2019s Brentwood mansion on Dec. 14, 2025.
\n Jamie Paige<\/p>\n

LAPD\u2019s RHD is a unit responsible for handling high-profile investigations across the city.<\/p>\n

Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner in 2018. Brent N. Clarke\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Reiner is the father of two sons, Jake and Nick. Nick has been open about his issues battling drug addiction and homelessness in the past.<\/p>\n

Director Rob Reiner and his son Nick Reiner attend AOL Build Presents: \u201cBeing Charlie\u201d at AOL Studios In New York on May 4, 2016. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI was homeless in Maine. I was homeless in New Jersey. I was homeless in Texas I spent nights on the street. I spent weeks on the street. It was not fun,\u201d he told People<\/a> in an interview in 2016.<\/p>\n

Reiner and Michele married in 1989, the director was previously married to actress Penny Marshall from 1971 to 1981.<\/p>\n

Reiner, 78, is best known for directing a slew of classic \u201980s and \u201990s hit films, including \u201cWhen Harry Met Sally,\u201d \u201cThe Princess Bride,\u201d \u201cSpinal Tap\u201d and \u201cA Few Good Men.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He first rose to fame for his role as Mike \u201cMeathead\u201d Stivic on the CBS sitcom \u201cAll in the Family,\u201d which landed him two Emmy Awards. <\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2014 Rob Reiner and his longtime wife have been found stabbed to death inside their Brentwood…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2136,157,1027,36281,9,11,10,36282,2442,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-70762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-homicide","11":"tag-lapd","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-rob-reiner","16":"tag-stabbings","17":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}