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A handful of Rob Reiner‘s closest pals have teamed up for a bunch response over the dying of their good friend and his spouse, Michele Reiner.
The letter — signed by Billy and Janice Crystal, Albert and Kimberly Brooks, Martin Quick, Alan and Robin Zweibel, Larry David and Ashley Underwood, Marc Shaiman and Lou Mirabal, Barry and Diana Levinson and Ambassador James Costos and Michael Smith — has gone public three days after the Reiners had been stabbed to dying.
Allegedly by their very own son, Nick Reiner.
Rob Reiner and Billy Crystal attend the premiere of “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on September 9, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Monica Schipper/Getty Photos)
The aforementioned message opens as follows:
Going to the flicks in a darkish theater stuffed with strangers having a standard expertise, laughing, crying, screaming in concern, or watching an intense drama unfold remains to be an unforgettable thrill.
Inform us a narrative audiences demand of us. Absorbing all he had realized from his father Carl and his mentor Norman Lear, Rob Reiner not solely was a fantastic comedian actor, he turned a grasp story teller. There is no such thing as a different director who has his vary.
From comedy to drama to ‘mockumentary’ to documentary he was all the time on the high of his recreation.
He charmed audiences. They trusted him. They lined as much as see his movies.
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Rob and Michelle had been discovered lifeless within the bed room of their California house on Sunday afternoon.
As extra info has been launched in regard to this tragedy, it’s sounding an increasing number of as if Nick dedicated the heinous crime.
He has been arrested and could possibly be going through the dying penalty.
Nick Reiner has battled psychological well being issues and substance abuse points for a few years.
Rob Reiner, spouse Michele Singer, and daughter Romy Reiner attend the 2019 TCM Traditional Movie Pageant Opening Evening Gala And thirtieth Anniversary Screening Of “When Harry Met Sally” – Arrivals at TCL Chinese language Theatre on April 11, 2019. (Photograph Credit score: Joe Scarnici/Getty Photos)
Continued Crystal and firm of their shifting message:
His comedic contact was past examine, his love of getting the music of the dialogue good, and his sharpening of the sting of a drama was merely elegant. For the actors, he liked them. For the writers he made them higher. His biggest present was freedom. Should you had an thought, he listened, he introduced you into the method. They all the time felt they had been working as a crew.
To be in his palms as a movie maker was a privilege however that’s solely a part of his legacy.
Crystal was the star of Reiner’s hit romcom movies When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride, whereas everybody else listed above additionally labored with the director in numerous capacities.
Rob Reiner attends the forty first Annual Chaplin Award Gala at Avery Fisher Corridor at Lincoln Middle for the Performing Arts on April 28, 2014 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Photos)
Right here is how the celebs concluded their tribute:
Rob was additionally a passionate, courageous citizen, who not solely cared for this nation he liked, he did every thing he might to make it higher and along with his loving spouse Michele, he had the proper accomplice. Sturdy and decided, Michele and Rob Reiner devoted a substantial amount of their lives for the betterment of our fellow residents…
They had been a particular drive together-dynamic, unselfish and galvanizing. We had been their pals, and we’ll miss them without end.
There’s a line from one in all Rob’s favourite movies, ‘It’s a Fantastic Life,’ ‘Each man’s life touches so many different lives, and when he isn’t round, he leaves an terrible gap, doesn’t he?’
You don’t have any thought.
