Two people were discovered dead inside a home owned by actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, law enforcement sources told NBC News.
The city fire department said the bodies of a woman and a man were found in the home on Chadbourne Avenue in the Brentwood neighborhood. They were approximately 68 and 78 years old. Reiner is 78.
The identities of the victims have not been confirmed.
Paramedics were dispatched to the residence at roughly 3:30 p.m., and Los Angeles Police Department officers arrived minutes later for an “ambulance death investigation.” LAPD’s Robbery Homicide Division is investigating, NBC reported.
A sizable police presence was observed outside the home Sunday evening. Neighbors told NBC News that Reiner and his wife live together in the home, and property records confirm that they own the property.
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Independent.
Reiner is an American actor, film director, writer and liberal activist. He has directed such films as When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, The Princess Bride and Misery.
He first rose to prominence for after playing Mike “Meathead” Stivic on the CBS series All in the Family, a role that garnered him multiple Emmy Awards.
The son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner has been married to photographer Michele Singer Reiner since 1989. The two met while he was directing When Harry Met Sally and have three children together.
Reiner was previously married to actor-director Penny Marshall from 1971 to 1981. He adopted her daughter, Tracy Reiner. Carl Reiner died in 2020 at age 98 and Marshall died in 2018.
