Rob Reiner Dead at 78: Hollywood Reacts

Hollywood was in complete shock at the devastating news that filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer had been found dead in their Brentwood home on Sunday.

Reiner, 78, and his wife, 68, were found dead in their home on Chadbourne Avenue, with the couple “suffering lacerations consistent with a knife,” law enforcement sources told TMZ. The Los Angeles Fire Department had been called to their house at about 3:30 p.m., and LAPD Robbery Homicide Division detectives were investigating.

In an entertainment industry career that spanned seven decades, Reiner made his name as an actor in the hugely successful sitcom All In the Family before finding even greater success as a filmmaker, directing classics such as This Is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride, Misery, A Few Good Men and Stand By Me, among many others.

His success and influence touched many in Hollywood, and the reaction on social media on Sunday night saw an outpouring of affection for Reiner and his vast body of work, as well as shock over his and Michelle Singer’s brutal death.

Filmmaker Paul Feig tweeted, “Rob is one of my heroes. I had the honor of calling him a friend. I pray this isn’t what it sounds like it is. I just saw [him] and Michele two nights ago.”

Critic Richard Roeper wrote on X, “Rob Reiner co-starred in one of the most influential sitcoms of all time, had an incredible run as a director — and was one of the kindest and most considerate human beings I’ve ever met in this business. RIP.

Author and Hollywood historian Mark Harris wrote on Bluesky, “There’s so much to say about Rob Reiner as a director, an activist, and a mensch, but I just can’t summon it right now.”

Sinister, The Black Phone and Doctor Strange screenwriter C. Robert Cargill wrote on Bluesky, “The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn’t big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can’t handle the truth. As you wish. I’ll have what she’s having. I’m your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.”

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called it a “devastating loss for our city and our country.”

See more social media reaction below.