When Harry Met Sally and Princess Bride director dies aged 78 with wife in apparent homicide
Los Angeles: Two people were found dead at a Los Angeles home owned by director-actor Rob Reiner, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.
The official spoke to AP on condition of anonymity as they could not publicly discuss details of the investigation. TMZ is reporting the bodies belong to Reiner, aged 78, and his wife, Michele Singer. The outlet reports the couple suffered lacerations consistent with a knife, and the deaths are being investigated as homicides.
Two people have been found dead in a home belonging to Director Rob Reiner, seen here at the premier of Spinal Tap II in September.Credit: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
The Los Angeles Fire Department told AP it responded to a medical aid request on Sunday afternoon (Monday morning AEDT) and found a 78-year-old man and 68-year-old woman dead inside.
Detectives with the Robbery Homicide Division were investigating an “apparent homicide” at Reiner’s home, said Captain Mike Bland with the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Authorities have not confirmed the identities of the people found dead at the residence in the upscale Brentwood neighbourhood on the city’s west side that’s home to many celebrities.
Reiner was long one of the most prolific directors in Hollywood, and his work includes some of the most memorable movies of the 1980s and ’90s, including This is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride.
His role as Meathead in the 1970s TV classic All in the Family alongside Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker catapulted him to fame.
Messages to his representatives were not immediately returned Sunday night.
