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As you’ve definitely heard by now, legendary actor-director Rob Reiner and his spouse, Michele Singer, had been murdered at their dwelling in Brentwood on Sunday.
The couple’s 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, has been arrested in connection along with his mother and father’ deaths.
There’s nonetheless an important deal that we don’t find out about this horrific scenario, however because the investigation continues, Reiner’s many well-known associates and collaborators are selecting to concentrate on his inventive and humanitarian legacy, slightly than the grisly circumstances of his dying.
Honoree Rob Reiner attends the forty first Annual Chaplin Award Gala at Avery Fisher Corridor at Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts on April 28, 2014 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Pictures)
Hollywood A-listers pay tribute to a fallen legend
Over the course of his a long time within the trade, Reiner labored alongside a lot of Hollywood’s greatest and brightest in movies as beloved and various as Stand By Me and A Few Good Males.
At present, most of the stars with whom he collaborated took to social media to share reminiscences of a person who was as beloved for his kindness as for his expertise.
“He was brilliant and kind, a man who made films of every genre to challenge himself as an artist. He also fought courageously for his political beliefs. He changed the course of my life.”
“Love you, Rob. Sincerely,” wrote Jerry O’Connell, who starred as Vern Tessio in Reiner’s 1986 movie Stand By Me.
Robert Reiner at ‘LBJ’ panel throughout Politicon at Pasadena Conference Heart on July 29, 2017 in Pasadena, California. (Photograph by Joshua Blanchard/Getty Pictures for Politicon)
“OMG THIS IS HORRIBLE NEWS! IM SO SORRY 4 ROB & HIS WIFE, & THEIR CHILDREN & THE WHOLE REINER FAMILY! ALL I CAN SAY IS IM SHOCKED & SADDENED, BUT I #LOVE U ROB! U WILL B 4EVER MISSED! #RIPROBREINER,” tweeted Corey Feldman, who performed Teddy Duchamp in the identical movie.
“Rob was a friend and collaborator through much of my life. He was funny, he was smart, he was a mensch. When he came to see the comedy act I was in, and, later, the musical comedy I had co-written, his laugh was uproarious and audible around the block,” wrote Harry Shearer who collaborated with Reiner on the comedy basic This Is Spinal Faucet.
“He was a great collaborator, and when the four of us proposed ideas for the films, he was the one who wrote them on 3×5 cards, and organized them into a movie. And Michele was a very good friend to my wife Judith. This is unspeakable, the stuff of Greek tragedy,” Shearer continued.
In his later years, Reiner put in visitor activates a few of TV’s hottest reveals, together with The Bear and New Woman, on which he performed the daddy of star Zooey Deschanel.
“My heart is broken. Rob Reiner was the absolute warmest, funniest, most generous of spirits,” Deschanel wrote on Instagram Monday morning.
Actor Rob Reiner attends the 2013 Human Rights Marketing campaign Los Angeles Gala at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on March 23, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Pictures)
“A truly good human being. An incredible artist and such a playful and fun collaborator. I cherish the time we spent working together and the many films he made that have shaped who I am,” she continued, including:
“Rob and his lovely wife Michele were always so kind and it brought me so much joy any time I was lucky enough to see them.”
“Christopher and I are numb and sad and shocked about the violent, tragic deaths of our dear friends Rob and Michele Singer Reiner and our ONLY focus and care right now is for their children and immediate families and we will offer all support possible to help them,” wrote Jamie Lee Curtis, who performed Deschanel’s mom on the present.
“There will be plenty of time later to discuss the creative lives we shared and the great political and social impact they both had on the entertainment industry, early childhood development, the fight for gay marriage and their global care for a world in crisis. We have lost great friends. Please give us time to grieve.”
Numerous stars have praised Reiner’s life and work right this moment, however one of the crucial shifting tributes was additionally one of many shortest:
The Princess Bride star Cary Elwes wrote merely, “No words…” alongside a photograph of his director’s chair standing alongside Reiner’s on the set of the basic movie.
Our ideas exit to Rob Reiner and Michele Singer’s family members throughout this extremely tough time.
