Veteran filmmaker, actor, screenplay writer, and producer Rob Reiner breathed his last at his Brentwood residence in Los Angeles, California, around 3:30 PM local time on December 14, 2025.Reiner, 78, and his wife of 36 years, Michele Singer, 68, were found dead together from an “apparent homicide” consistent with “lacerations” from a knife, according to an LAPD spokesperson’s statement to the press.“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner. We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time,” the family released a statement via Variety.Rob Reiner’s parents were late actor-comedian Carl Reiner and late actress-singer Estelle Lebost. In the aftermath of Estelle’s demise in October 2008, The New York Times called her:“the matriarch of one of the leading families in American comedy, and who delivered one of the most memorably funny lines in movie history herself.”Estelle Lebost Reiner was 94 at the time of her death. Meanwhile, Carl Reiner passed away in June 2020, aged 98.Carl and Rob Reiner at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival - Carl Reiner And Rob Reiner Hand And Footprint Ceremony - Source: GettyAll about Rob Reiner’s parentsCarl Reiner was born in the Bronx, New York, in March 1922, to Jewish immigrant parents, Irving Reiner, an Austrian watchmaker and Romania-born Bessie Mathias Reiner.Carl grew up alongside his elder brother Charles, both of whom served in the Second World War as part of the U.S. Air Force. He was discharged as a corporal in 1946, before working with the Special Services as an entertainer.During his youth, Rob Reiner’s father attended Georgetown University and tried several jobs, such as a sewing machine repairman, French interpreter, radio/ teleprinter operator, and stage director.However, Carl Reiner was soon introduced to the world of performance arts when his brother encouraged him to attend a free drama workshop after finding its ad in the newspaper. Later, Carl credited Charles for his career change. Meanwhile, their maternal uncle Harry Mathias was also in the same field.Soon, Carl Reiner became a comic actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, with a career spanning across seven decades. As the pioneer of TV comedy, Carl was an actor and writer on the Sid Caesar starrers, Your Show of Shows and Caesar’s Hour. Other gigs include The Dick Van Dyke Show and the Broadway musicals Inside U.S.A. and Call Me Mister.Rob Reiner with his wife and parents at the 'Misery' Westwood Premiere - Source: GettyCarl Reiner formed a comedy duo with Mel Brooks and made the franchise 2000 Years and Ocean’s. Their other collaborations include The Steve Allen Show, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.Rob Reiner’s dad also teamed up with Steve Martin to create movies such as The Jerk, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, and All of Me, among others. Carl’s solo directorial ventures include Enter Laughing, Where’s Poppa?, and Oh, God!Carl Reiner worked as a voice artist and also wrote two dozen books, including the memoirs I Remember Me and Continue Laughing.He won 9 out of 16 Emmy nominations, a Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Carl was also inducted into the Television and Hollywood Halls of Fame.While accepting the Mark Twain Prize in Washington, D.C. in 2000, Carl Reiner gave a shoutout to his collaborators Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, and Steve Martin for enabling him to “stand on their shoulders.” He also praised his lovely wife and children."I am also very thankful that I've lived the kind of a life that allows me to have a family like that and an evening like this," Carl said.Carl Reiner married cabaret singer and actress Estelle Lebost in December 1943. Besides Rob Reiner, they were also parents to author-singer Sylvia Anne “Annie” Reiner and painter, photographer, and filmmaker Lucas Reiner.Carl and Estelle were married for 65 years until her death on October 25, 2008. Meanwhile, he died on June 29, 2020. Both died of natural causes at their home in Beverly Hills.In the wake of his father’s death, Rob Reiner took to X and wrote:“Last night, my dad passed away. As I write this, my heart is hurting. He was my guiding light.”Carl Reiner’s last appearances were in a 2012 episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee alongside Jerry Seinfeld and Mel Brooks and a 2017 HBO documentary called If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast with Brooks, Norman Lear, and Kirk Douglas.A day before his death, Carl Reiner tweeted:“Nothing pleases me more than knowing that I have lived the best life possible by having met & marrying the gifted Estelle (Stella) Lebost – who partnered with me in bringing Rob, Annie & Lucas Reiner into this needy & evolving world.”Together with Rob Reiner, Carl was a vocal critic of Donald Trump’s presidency. The father-son duo were well-known political activists from Hollywood.As for Estelle Lebost Reiner, she was renowned for delivering the iconic line “I’ll have what she’s having” in Ron Reiner’s 1988 romcom When Harry Met Sally… Her other comic roles were in the films Fatso, Hot to Trot, and To Be or Not to Be.Like her husband, Estelle was also born in June 1914 in the Bronx and served as the first female isometric draftsman at Sperry Rand during the Second World War. At the time, she was a student at the National Academy of Design and helped assembly workers with submarine and aeroplane blueprints. She also served as a painter and visual artist in her youth.In fact, Estelle Lebost met her husband while designing sets for hotel shows in the Catskills.During her later years, Rob Reiner’s mother collaborated with Viola Spolin, Lee Strasberg, and Dave Frishberg. She performed regularly at New York and Los Angeles-based clubs, where she sang jazz, ballads, and blues. She also released music, including the album Ukulele Mama.Carl Reiner and Estelle Lebost were survived by their three children and five grandchildren at the time of death.Meanwhile, Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer preceded their three kids, Jake, Nick, and Romy, and his adoptive daughter Tracy, in death.In fact, screenplay writer Nick Reiner, 32, is suspected of having killed his parents, according to multiple sources’ confirmation to PEOPLE.Actress, photographer, and writer Romy Reiner, 28, found the couple unresponsive at their home and called 911. When the LAFD arrived, they found the victims deceased with stab injuries. LAPD’s Robbery Homicide Division is currently investigating the double murders.