Rob Reiner, famously known as “Meathead” in the popular 1970s sitcom “All In The Family” has been stabbed to death at age 78. The killer is reported to be his son Nick Reiner.
The liberally outspoken filmmaker and actor was the son of fellow filmmaker Carl Reiner.
The news was first reported by TMZ and Variety.
Reiner’s second wife, Michele Singer, has also died.
On late Sunday afternoon, NBC 4 Los Angeles was the first to report. Two bodies had been discovered at the couple’s Brentwood, California home. Homicide detectives were assigned to what appeared to be murders. The cause of the deaths were multiple stabbings.
The son of Carl and Estelle Reiner, he was born in The Bronx on March 6, 1947. He spent most of his childhood in New Rochelle, NY.
He later moved west to Los Angeles, where he attended UCLA for film school.
Reiner began his career as an actor. He appeared throughout the late ’60s in bit parts. These included roles in popular fare like “Batman,” “That Girl,” “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Room 222,” “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” and “The Beverly Hillbillies.”
In 1971, he was cast as Mike “Meathead” Stivic in “All in the Family.” For his work on the series, Reiner won two Emmy Awards. He also received three other nominations. Additionally, he garnered five Golden Globe nominations.
Reiner was married to his first wife, Penny Marshall, for ten years before they divorced in 1981.
In 1984, he moved behind the camera to direct the famous mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap.”
He followed with romantic comedies such as “The Sure Thing,” “When Harry Met Sally” and “The American President.”
All three films helped codify the modern rom-com. They gave it intelligence and sexual candor. Most crucially, they introduced adult conversation.
Enduring classics like “Stand by Me” and “The Princess Bride” offered that same honesty with a twist. They approached childhood and fantasy without condescension. And “Misery”?
In 1992, Reiner was nominated for his first and only Oscar. His film, “A Few Good Men,” was nominated for Best Picture. It ultimately lost out to Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven.”
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He made some good films, but he was a frothing liberal and suffered from Trump derangement. I read this morning that his oldest son killed them, and he suffered from drug addiction and mental problems. He and Carol O’Connor made All in the Family a great show.
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Such a sad event! Extra sad if his own son killed them.
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This must be devastating for Nick’s sister who is said to have been the one who reported him for the crime. Tragic.
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