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Nick Reiner, the son of director-actor Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, is in custody after the couple was found dead at their Brentwood neighbourhood home, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said early on Monday.
Nick Reiner, 32, is being held on $4 million US bail, the department said.
Police said they found two bodies, whom they did not identify, at the Reiners’ home at 3:40 p.m. PT on Sunday in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Other officials confirmed the victims were Reiner, 78, and his wife, Michele, 68.
Jail records show their son was arrested on Sunday and later booked into the Los Angeles County jail. The records showed he was being held on a felony but did not contain any specific information about the charges.
The son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner had been married to Michele, a photographer, since 1989. The two met while he was directing When Harry Met Sally and have three children together.
His role as Mike Stivic, nicknamed “Meathead” by Carol O’Connor’s Archie Bunker in the classic sitcom All in the Family, catapulted Reiner to fame and earned him two Emmy Awards for best actor in a comedy series.
He then transitioned into directing feature films, with some of the most memorable movies of the 1980s and ’90s to his credit, including This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride and A Few Good Men.
