LOS ANGELES (USA) (ITALPRESS) – Hollywood in shock. Rob Reiner, 78-year-old director of great films such as “Harry I introduce you to Sally”, “Misery must not die” and “Code of Honor”, was found dead in his home in Los Angeles along with his wife Michele, 68 years old.
The authorities opened a murder investigation, in fact as “TMZ” reports, wounds compatible with the use of a knife were found on their bodies. On the spot the Rapine and Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department: Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son, but other sources refer to another family questioned. “It is with deep pain that we announce the tragic disappearance of Michael and Rob Reiner – a family spokesman said in a note –. We are grieving for this sudden loss and we ask for privacy at this incredibly difficult time.”.
Rob, son of the famous comedian Carl Reiner, who died in 2020, began his career in the entertainment world as an author of comedies in the 1960s, working as a writing partner of Steve Martin for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour series. For all the 1970s, Reiner played Michael Stivic, also known as “Meathead”, on the sitcom “All Family”.
The debut in directing came with the rock documentary “This is Spinal Tap”, Reiner subsequently directed iconic films such as “Stand by me-Ricordo di un’estate”, “La storia fantastica” and, in fact, following “Harry I introduce Sally”, a film in which he met Michele, photographer, who married in 1989. Reiner continued his extraordinary career in directing large films such as “Misery should not die”, “Code of Honor”, “The American President”, “The Bucket List – The Wish List” and “Spinal Tap II: The end continues.”.
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