Rob Reiner, a longtime Hollywood director, producer, and actor, died alongside his spouse, Michele Singer Reiner. As authorities proceed to research their deaths, right here’s what’s identified in regards to the filmmaker’s household, together with his late spouse, their youngsters, and his former marriage.
On Sunday, December 14, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner had been each discovered lifeless at their Los Angeles dwelling. The Los Angeles Hearth Division was referred to as to the residence round 3:30 p.m. native time to supply medical support. When first responders arrived, they found a person and a lady deceased inside the house. The victims had been later recognized as Rob, 78, and Michele, 70.
Rob was born Robert Maxwell Reiner on March 6, 1947, in New York Metropolis. He was the son of legendary comic and filmmaker Carl Reiner, greatest identified for creating The Dick Van Dyke Present. Rob started his profession as an actor, changing into extensively identified for his function as Mike Stivic on All within the Household, earlier than transitioning into directing. He later helmed a number of the most influential movies of the Nineteen Eighties and Nineties, together with Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally…, Distress and A Few Good Males.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 30: Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner attend the Human Rights Marketing campaign 2019 Los Angeles Dinner at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on March 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Amy Sussman/Getty Photographs)
Michele Singer Reiner
Michele Singer Reiner, who died alongside her husband, met Rob whereas he was directing When Harry Met Sally…. Years later, Rob mirrored on how assembly Michele influenced the movie’s ending.
Throughout a 2019 interview with Couchsurfing, he defined that the unique script ended in a different way.
“Now, that is fascinating that we’re watching this scene as a result of I’d been married for 10 years, I used to be single for 10 years and making a multitude of my private life, out and in of relationships and never having the ability to make something work,” Rob defined. “And when the primary draft of the script, or the draft we had been going to shoot, Harry and Sally don’t get collectively. They meet one another years later and stroll their separate methods.”
That modified after he met Michele.
“I met my spouse whereas making the film and we modified the ending and that is what we got here up with,” Reiner stated. “Billy got here up with a few of this dialogue and that’s how we determined to finish the film, that they do find yourself collectively.”
Rob and Michele married in 1989. Michele, a photographer and producer, largely stayed out of the general public highlight. Collectively, they shared three youngsters.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 15: (L-R) Jake Reiner, Romy Reiner, Rob Reiner, and Michele Reiner attend the seventy fifth Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Neilson Barnard/Getty Photographs)
Jake Reiner
Jake Reiner is the eldest little one of Rob and Michele Reiner. He has labored primarily behind the scenes within the leisure trade as a producer and manufacturing government and has largely stored his private life non-public. He additionally at the moment co-hosts “The Incline” podcast, which is all in regards to the Dodgers. He and his father shared a love for baseball, one thing Rob stated was handed right down to him by his personal father, Carl Reiner.
In June 2023, Jake and Rob spoke to Individuals about attending a baseball recreation in each U.S. metropolis with a Main League Baseball workforce. “There’s nothing just like the ballpark,” Rob stated on the time.
Earlier this yr, Jake was an government producer on the movie Issues Like This, through which he additionally appeared. Having been a reporter, he’s additionally performed fairly a number of of them on TV and in movies — together with the latest Warfare of the Worlds film, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, For All Mankind and American Crime Story.
Nick Reiner
Nick Reiner, the couple’s center little one, has spoken publicly about his previous struggles with drug habit and durations of homelessness. In a 2016 interview with Individuals, Nick stated his habit started in his early teenagers and led to repeated stays in rehab, in addition to time spent homeless in a number of states.
These experiences later turned the idea for the semi-autobiographical movie Being Charlie, which Nick co-wrote and which was directed by his father.
“Now, I’ve been dwelling for a extremely very long time, and I’ve type of gotten acclimated again to being in L.A. and being round my household,” Nick advised Individuals on the time.
Romy Reiner
Romy Reiner is the youngest of Rob and Michele’s three youngsters. She has largely stayed out of the general public eye and has not pursued a public-facing profession within the leisure trade. Romy has sometimes appeared alongside her dad and mom at occasions however has in any other case stored a low profile.
Rob Reiner’s First Marriage
Earlier than marrying Michele, Rob was married to actress and filmmaker Penny Marshall. The 2 wed in 1971 and divorced in 1981. Throughout their marriage, Rob adopted Marshall’s daughter, Tracy Reiner, from her earlier marriage to Michael Henry. Tracy later went on to work as an actress and producer.
