Rob Reiner and wife Michele's official cause of death revealed by coroner
- - Rob Reiner and wife Michele's official cause of death revealed by coroner
Wesley StenzelDecember 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner in Los Angeles on March 22, 2025
Authorities have announced the official causes of death for Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office determined that both the Princess Bride filmmaker and his wife died from multiple sharp force injuries. The manner of death was listed as homicide, and the place of death was listed as residence.
Additionally, the official reports on the Reiners' deaths listed both descendants as having died on Sunday, Dec. 14, after the filmmakers were last seen alive on the evening of Dec. 13.
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Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2017
Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood home in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. The New York Times reported that the couple's daughter, Romy, discovered her father's body upon entering their house on Sunday, prompting her roommate, who accompanied her to the Reiner's home, to call 911. Authorities then discovered Michele's body when they arrived at the scene.
On Monday, the LAPD released a statement saying that their investigation concluded that the couple's 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, was "responsible" for Rob and Michele's deaths. He was arrested around 9:15 p.m. Sunday in the Exposition Park area of Los Angeles and taken into custody around 5 a.m. Monday. Authorities later said that Reiner did not resist arrest.
On Tuesday, Nick Reiner was formally charged with two counts of first-degree murder with the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders. He also faces a special allegation that he personally used a dangerous and deadly weapon, a knife. If convicted, Nick faces life in state prison without the possibility of parole, or the death penalty.
Nick appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday morning, where he briefly spoke to confirm he consented to waiving his right to a speedy arraignment. His attorneys did not enter a plea during the appearance, and the judge ordered that the defendant be held without bail until his arraignment, which is scheduled for Jan. 7, 2026.
Romy and her brother, Jake Reiner, shared a statement mourning their parents on Wednesday. "Words cannot even begin to describe the unimaginable pain we are experiencing every moment of the day," the siblings said in a statement to PEOPLE. "The horrific and devastating loss of our parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is something that no one should ever experience. They weren't just our parents; they were our best friends."
The siblings continued, "We are grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness, and support we have received not only from family and friends but people from all walks of life. We now ask for respect and privacy, for speculation to be tempered with compassion and humanity, and for our parents to be remembered for the incredible lives they lived and the love they gave."
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Michele Reiner and Rob Reiner in Los Angeles on April 27, 2023
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The director's eldest daughter, Tracy Reiner, whom he adopted during his prior marriage to the late Penny Marshall, previously spoke out about his death. "I came from the greatest family ever," she told NBC News. "I don’t know what to say. I’m in shock."
A group of Rob and Michele Reiner's closest friends and associates shared a joint statement memorializing the late filmmaker and actor on Tuesday. "They were a special force together-dynamic, unselfish and inspiring," the statement said. "We were their friends, and we will miss them forever."
The statement was signed by When Harry Met Sally star Billy Crystal and his wife Janice; Albert and Kimberly Brooks (whose life Reiner chronicled in his 2023 documentary Albert Brooks: Defending My Life); A Spinal Tap Reunion actor Martin Short; North screenwriter Alan Zweibel and his wife Robin; Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David and his wife Ashley Underwood, When Harry Met Sally composer Marc Shaiman and his husband Lou Mirabal; filmmaker Barry Levinson and his wife Diana; and Ambassador James Costos and his partner Michael Smith.
Others who have shared their own tributes to the Reiners include Misery actress Kathy Bates, The Princess Bride star Mandy Patinkin, Stand By Me actor Jerry O'Connell, Ghosts of Mississippi star James Woods, and A Few Good Men actor Kevin Bacon.
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