Rob Reiner RIP

[Dan Gould]

Stunning news last night (not sure if the news one will be accessible, there was no link to "gift":

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/15/us/rob-michele-reiner-dead/rob-reiner-home-bodies?smid=url-share

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/movies/rob-reiner-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.808.kTpp._C9XZSl67Blz&smid=url-share

 

His streak of films starting with Spinal Tap in the 80s-90s is pretty remarkable (although I only hate-watch A Few Good Men - a minority opinion but so much of that movie is just awful IMO.)

 

[JSngry]

Stunning indeed. Quite a legacy, probably cut short.

Sad. Sad 

[HutchFan]

R.I.P.

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Sadder yet to read that it was his son that likely killed him. Such a tragic end to a great director & comedic actor. Meathead will live on.

I still think of this when I put on my shoes.

 

[jlhoots]

Tragic. Terrible. R.I.P.

 

[clifford_thornton]

Hard to process these kinds of senseless acts. Their son was likely in some sort of severe dissociative state and I can't imagine he was in his right mind. Such a terrible tragedy indeed. RIP.

[felser]

RIP, tragic stuff.  And one of the notworthy high profile responses to it was sickening.  The Princess Bride is by far the most quoted movie in our household.   

[Holy Ghost]

This is awful. RIP to both Rob Reiner and his wife. I always thought the chemistry between Michael Stivic (Meathead) and Archie Bunker was ingenious. Dated now, but pushed the boundaries big time in the early 70's.