News December 14, 2025
Rob Reiner & Wife of 36 Years Michele Confirmed Dead — Found with Knife Wounds
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Update: Shockingly, People magazine is reporting that the couple's son Nick Reiner is alleged to have stabbed them to death. Their dead bodies were reportedly found by their daughter Romy Reiner.
Rob Reiner & Michele Singer Reiner Allegedly Stabbed by Son Nick (Report)
View StoryTMZ has confirmed that Hollywood icon Rob Reiner and his wife of 36 years Michele Singer Reiner were found dead Sunday.
Reiner was 78, and his wife was 68.
The outlet confirmed the two were found dead with stab wounds in their Brentwood, California, home after police were summoned Sunday afternoon.
The home, covered in holiday decorations, was immediately sealed off by investigators.
Reiner, an Emmy-winning actor for his work as Mike "Meathead" Stivic on "All in the Family," one of the most honored series of all time, was later a director who enjoyed hits with "This Is Spinal Tap" (1984) and its 2025 sequel, "The Sure Thing" (1985), "Stand by Me" (1986), "The Princess Bride" (1987), "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), "Misery" (1990), "A Few Good Men" (1992), "The American President" (1995), and many more.
Some of his other acting gigs came in "The Jerk" (1979), "Throw Momma from the Train" (1987), "Postcards from the Edge" (1990), "Bullets Over Broadway" (1994), and "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013).
Reiner was the son of the late comedy legend Carl Reiner and Estelle Reiner, who uttered the immortal line, "I'll have what she's having," in "When Harry Met Sally..."
Married to and divorced from "Laverne & Shirley" star and fellow director Penny Marshall, Reiner had been wed to Michele since 1989.
Along with Nick, they were the parents of two other adult children. Reiner was also the father of "A League of Their Own" actress Tracy Reiner with Marshall.