Further details have emerged in the December 14, 2025, double homicide of filmmaker Rob Reiner, 78, and wife Michele Singer, 68, found dead in their Brentwood home with knife-like lacerations including on their throats. Son Nick Reiner, 32, remains in custody on $4 million bail. Additional family information, career highlights, and Hollywood tributes follow initial reports and reactions, including a controversial comment from former President Trump.
Investigation and Family Updates
Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the Brentwood residence around 3:38 p.m. on Sunday, December 14, 2025, discovering Reiner and Singer deceased with injuries consistent with a violent knife attack, including lacerations on their throats. Police confirmed homicide. Nick Reiner, 32 and one of three children (sons Nick and Jake, daughter Romy), was arrested on suspicion of the double homicide and held on $4 million bail. The couple also raised Reiner's adopted daughter Tracy from his 1971-1981 marriage to Penny Marshall. Rob and Michele wed in 1989.
Former President Donald Trump commented on Truth Social, attributing the tragedy to Reiner's criticism of him as 'Trump Derangement Syndrome.'
Expanded Career Legacy
Reiner, famed for All in the Family (Emmy-winning 'Meathead'), directed classics like This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Stand by Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Misery (1990), and A Few Good Men (1992), with recent TV roles in New Girl, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, and The Bear. Michele Singer produced Shock and Awe and Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, and photographed Misery.
Growing Hollywood Tributes
Tributes continue: Norman Lear's family called Reiner 'a son' for his activism. Co-star Sally Struthers said it's 'beyond devastating.' Kathy Bates (Misery Oscar winner) praised him as 'brilliant and kind,' adding to her prior shock. Others include Christopher Guest, Jamie Lee Curtis ('numb and sad'), Jerry O’Connell, John Cusack, Corey Feldman, Harry Shearer, Zooey Deschanel ('warmest, funniest'), and Cary Elwes.