Comic Eric Idle revealed he spoke to Rob Reiner for “over an hour” the evening of the actor’s dying.
“Rob Reiner was a beautiful man,” Idle, 82, wrote by way of X on Sunday, December 15. “I spoke to him final evening for over an hour.”
Idle recalled how he “at all times loved” Reiner’s firm. “I met him at his Dad’s in 1975. He was telling me about [filming] at Stonehenge and his ideas for the longer term,” Idle wrote. “That is so terrible. I shall miss him. A intelligent, proficient and really considerate man.So terrible.”
Information broke late Sunday evening that Rob and his spouse, Michele Singer Reiner, died inside their dwelling in Los Angeles. Rob was 78 and Michele was 68.
“It’s with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,” a spokesperson for the household mentioned in a press release to Selection. “We’re heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privateness throughout this unbelievably troublesome time.”
In a press convention, Deputy Chief Alan S. Hamilton confirmed that the LAPD “is presently conducting an ongoing murder investigation into the 2 deaths at Rob Reiner’s Brentwood dwelling.”
Hamilton added that the LAPD “has not recognized a suspect presently” and isn’t pursuing any individuals of curiosity after the couple have been discovered useless “from obvious stab wounds.”
Deadline reported that Hamilton “averted classifying the investigation as a homicide one.” As an alternative, he used the time period “dying investigation” and famous the Theft-Murder Division was dealing with the case.
Because the investigation continues, celebrities have continued to honor Rob and Michele. Ben Stiller referred to as the tragic incident a “big loss,” including by way of X, “Rob Reiner was one among my favourite administrators. He made among the most formative motion pictures for my era.”
He continued: “He got here out [from] behind an enormous comedic shadow of the good Carl Reiner and being a TV actor to being an amazing director who made an unbelievable run of films. Spinal Faucet is without doubt one of the finest comedies ever made — and the listing goes on. He was a sort caring one who was actually, actually humorous. I didn’t know him properly however was at all times a fan and I really feel an actual unhappiness for individuals who did, and his household.”
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Sean Astin posted his personal tribute about Rob’s influence on the business.
“Rob Reiner is without doubt one of the most vital figures within the historical past of movie and tv. The influence he made on American tradition merely can’t be overstated,” the SAG-AFTRA president, 54, mentioned in a press release issued by the union. “Tributes will pour in and the impossibly lengthy listing of style defining movies and indelible performances will play in our minds and hearts. Rob Reiner was a member of our union for almost 60 years.”
Astin particularly despatched assist to Rob and Michele’s family members. “Our leisure group and audiences all over the world will mourn deeply,” he added. “On a private observe, so lots of Mr. Reiner’s movies and performances made me suppose, made me emotional and particularly they made me chortle actually arduous. That’s how I’ll keep in mind him.”
Kathy Bates, who gained an Oscar for her position in Rob’s Distress, mentioned in a press release that she was “completely devastated” by the information.
“I beloved Rob. He was sensible and sort, a person who made movies of each style to problem himself as an artist,” she informed NBC Information. “He additionally fought courageously for his political opinions. He modified the course of my life. Michelle was a gifted photographer. She shot my lovely pictures for the Distress marketing campaign. My coronary heart breaks for them each. My ideas are with their household.”
