{"id":77016,"date":"2025-12-21T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T10:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/77016\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T10:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T10:38:10","slug":"rob-reiner-from-new-rochelle-mourned-and-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/77016\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Reiner, From New Rochelle, Mourned and Remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump Ignore\u2019s Commandment Don\u2019t Speak Ill of the Dead<\/p>\n

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The Reiners, outside of their New Rochelle Home<\/p>\n

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New Rochelle Street renamed <\/p>\n

By Dan Murphy <\/p>\n

As our readers mourn the passing of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, memories of Rob Reiner from our Westchester readers depend on how old you are. If you are in your 50s or older, you can remember Reiner on All in the Family on TV.<\/p>\n

Younger readers know Reiner from the movies he directed, like When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, and The Princess Bride. For those of us still looking for the truth behind the JFK Assassination, last year Reiner produced a 10-part documentary with Soledad O\u2019Brien, which concluded that Oswald didn\u2019t do it, before the release of many of the JFK files this year that prove his claim.<\/p>\n

In 1953, Carl Reiner, his wife, Estelle, and their two children, 6-year-old Rob and 3\u2013year\u2013old Annie, moved to their first home at 148 Bonnie Meadow Road in New Rochelle. They paid about $30,000. Reiner\u2019s life here in New Rochelle inspired The Dick Van Dyke Show, in which the fictional Petrie family lived on 48 Bonnie Meadow Road in New Rochelle. The Reiners moved to Hollywood in the early 1960s.<\/p>\n

Though I disagreed with Rob Reiner politically, I mourned his passing, as did most Americans.<\/p>\n

When Charlie Kirk died, Rob Reiner, who held the polar opposite political viewpoint, had kind words. During a September episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, Reiner called the murder of Kirk an \u201cabsolute horror,\u201d and noted that he had \u201cunfortunately [seen] the video\u201d of Kirk being shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s beyond belief what happened to him. That should never happen to anybody. I don\u2019t care what your political beliefs are. That\u2019s not acceptable. That\u2019s not a solution to solving problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morgan retweeted the clip after Reiner\u2019s death and posted, \u201cAs President Trump trashes Rob Reiner following his murder, a reminder of how Reiner responded on my show to the murder of Charlie Kirk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nothing extraordinary from Reiner on Charles Kirk, but simple common decency.<\/p>\n

Trump wrote in a social media post on Monday morning that Reiner\u2019s death was \u201creportedly due to the anger he caused by others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction \u2026 known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,\u201d and he called Reiner \u201ca tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the outcry against the President\u2019s post, Trump doubled down when asked in the Oval Office. \u00a0I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape, or form. I thought he was very bad for our country,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n

Westchester Congressman Mike Lawler and many Republicans called out President Trump for his comments. \u201cRegardless of one\u2019s political views, no one should be subjected to violence, let alone at the hands of their own son. It\u2019s a horrible tragedy that should engender sympathy and compassion from everyone in our country, period,\u201d said Lawler.<\/p>\n

Republican Congressman Thomas Massie said, \u201cRegardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered. I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White House staff will just ignore it because they\u2019re afraid? I challenge anyone to defend it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actor and Conservative James Woods said, \u201cI judge people by how they treat me, and Rob Reiner was a Godsend in my life. We got along great. When people would say to me, \u2018What do you think of his politics?\u2019 I would say, \u2018I think Rob Reiner is a great patriot. Do I agree with many of his ideas on how that patriotism should be enacted to celebrate the America we both love? No. He doesn\u2019t agree with me either, but he also respects my patriotism. We had different paths to the same destination: a country we both love. Because you disagree with people doesn\u2019t mean that you have to hate people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just as we previously called out Westchester officials for making inappropriate posts about Charlie Kirk, we now call out the President for making similar posts about Rob Reiner. In this instance, the President turned the horrific stabbing of two people by their own son into commentary focusing on himself, rather than addressing the tragedy.<\/p>\n

Mr. President, there is an expectation of respect: \u201cDon\u2019t speak ill of the Dead.\u201d If you have nothing nice to say, don\u2019t say anything. Especially during the Holiday season, your remarks seem particularly inappropriate.<\/p>\n

Let me remind my readers that I voted for Trump in 2024 (after voting 3rd party in 2016 and 2020). My main argument is that in our ever-closer elections, comments from Trump like those about Reiner risk alienating potential supporters and could cost him votes.<\/p>\n

And here in Westchester, the #1 target for democrats is Congressman Mike Lawler. We have a whole year to talk about Lawler and his yet-to-be-nominated democratic opponent.<\/p>\n

One Westchester republican wondered who, if anyone, could say to the President, \u201cDon\u2019t say it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of Trump supporters in Westchester appreciate Dan Scavino, who was Trump\u2019s social media guy for years. But I wonder if Dan ever said anything to the President over the years. Any wise advice or words of wisdom? When the President doesn\u2019t take advice from anyone, this is what you get.\u201d<\/p>\n

We say farewell to Rob Reiner and his wife. Our prayers are with their daughter. Let us remember the importance of decency, especially in times of loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump Ignore\u2019s Commandment Don\u2019t Speak Ill of the Dead The Reiners, outside of their New Rochelle Home New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-77016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77016","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=77016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}