Famous actors including Ben Stiller and Elijah Wood paid tribute to Rob Reiner and his wife Michele after they were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday.
Stiller took to X after hearing the news, calling the deaths “a huge loss.”
“Rob Reiner was one of my favorite directors,” Stiller continued. “He made some of the most formative movies for my generation. He came out [from] behind a huge comedic shadow of the great Carl Reiner and being a tv actor to being a great director who made an incredible run of movies.”
Reiner’s work includes some of the most memorable movies of the 1980s and ‘90s, including “A Few Good Men,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “The Princess Bride,” and “Spinal Tap.”
“Spinal Tap is one of the best comedies ever made — and the list goes on,” Stiller said. “He was a kind caring person who was really really funny. I didn’t know him well but was always a fan and I feel a real sadness for those who did, and his family.”
“The Lord of the Rings” actor Wood, who starred in Reiner’s 1994 family movie “North,” also expressed his grief amid the news.
“Horrified to hear of the passing of Rob Reiner and his wonderful wife Michele,” he said on X. “So much love to their kids and family.”
Actor and comedian Eric Idle said on X that he spoke with Reiner the night before he died.
“Rob Reiner was a lovely man,” Idle said. “I always enjoyed him company. I met him at his Dad’s in 1975. He was telling me about filming at Stonehenge and his thoughts for the future. This is so awful. I shall miss him. A clever, talented and very thoughtful man. So awful.”
The couple’s son, Nick Reiner, has been arrested and is being held on $4 million bail in connection with the deaths, according to PEOPLE.
The couple was found after the Los Angeles Fire Department said it responded to a medical aid request shortly after 3:30 p.m. At the scene they found a 78-year-old man and 68-year-old woman dead inside. Reiner turned 78 in March.
Detectives with the Robbery Homicide Division were investigating an “apparent homicide” at Reiner’s home, Capt. Mike Bland with the Los Angeles Police Department told the Associated Press.
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