Film director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, were found dead Sunday at their home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Police are investigating the incident as an apparent homicide.
“It is with profound sadness that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner. We are heartbroken by this sudden loss and ask for privacy during this incredibly difficult time,” a family spokesperson said in a statement reported by CNN.
The incident occurred shortly before 3:38 p.m. (local time), when the Los Angeles Fire Department received a call about a medical emergency in the 200 block of South Chadbourd Avenue and found the 78-year-old director and producer and his 68-year-old wife dead.
The Robbery-Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department is leading the investigation and has indicated that, at this time, “we are not looking for anyone as a suspect or in any way.” “We are going to try to speak with as many family members as we can to get to the bottom of this investigation,” said Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton at a press conference.
A spokesperson for the department also told Vanity Fair magazine that they are investigating “an apparent homicide.”
The filmmaker, born in 1947 in the Bronx, New York, rose to fame in the 1970s. He has been nominated for an Oscar for producing “A Few Good Men” and has directed such well-known films as “When Harry Met Sally” and “The Princess Bride.”
