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Rob Reiner - RIP

golfaddick
golfaddick Posts: 34,267
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Found dead this morning along with his wife in their home. Apparently a homicide but no other details at present.

Great director - known for classics such as Spinal Tap, Misery and A Few Good Men.

RIP.

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  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,336
    Incredibly sad way to go. RIP

    Some outstanding films to his name, and brilliant performance in Wolf of Wall Street. 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,652
    RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,329
    Shocking news. Poor people. RIP Rob & Michele.  
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,512
    I first saw This Is Spinal Tap, when I was 15, to this day I genuinely think it is one of the best comedies ever made.  I still watch it every so often even though I am 51.  The Sure Thing, made me like John Cusack, another great film. This is without talking about his more celebrated works.

    It is a shame that reports are hinting at a murder suicide thing.

    RIP to a true legend, who helped entertain my teenage years and second childhood.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,215
    RIP
  • Addick_and_Chips
    Addick_and_Chips Posts: 458
    Felt sick this morning when I saw the news. Big fan of his work. Spinal Tap is one of my all time favourite films. 

    RIP Rob and Michele. 
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,417
    Stand By Me > The Princess Bride > When Harry Met Sally > Misery > A Few Good Men must be one of the best runs of consecutive legendary films by a director. Spans so many genres as well, odds are there's always at least one Rob Reiner film that someone thinks of when they think of the films they love. A really sad loss
  • jose
    jose Posts: 849
    Shocking news. ‘Stand by me’ is a masterpiece film of a masterpiece story, and ‘Spinal Tap’ is probably in the top five comedy films ever made, so set in it’s context but nevertheless timeless genius.
    RIP Rob and Michele.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,103
    Spinal Tap is a masterpiece, and plenty of other absolute classics on his CV.

    Sounds like it may well have been an awful way to go, sadly.

    RIP to them both.
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,744
    Awful news, just an amazing talent.
    May he and his wife RIP.

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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,003
    Sad news. Love Spinal Tap. 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,462
    Suggestions that it may have been their son who killed them.

    He made some wonderful films. RIP to them both.
  • AL_CAFC
    AL_CAFC Posts: 11
    Not sure if true but read it was their son!!
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,154
    RIP 

    I don't know about what happened but wasn't there a famous couple recently who also died including their dog in a similar sounding situation? 
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,073
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    RIP 

    I don't know about what happened but wasn't there a famous couple recently who also died including their dog in a similar sounding situation? 

    Gene Hackman and his wife - they both died of natural causes.
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 812
    bobmunro said:
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    RIP 

    I don't know about what happened but wasn't there a famous couple recently who also died including their dog in a similar sounding situation? 

    Gene Hackman and his wife - they both died of natural causes.
    I think it was a case of she died first of natural causes and was then obviously unable to administer his medication for a heart condition.
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,054
    The Princess Bride is one of those films I watch when I'm feeling down knowing that however crap I feel it WILL make me laugh. And that's just one of his many many great films.

    RIP. 
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,799
    Now confirmed that their son Nick has been arrested and subsequently charged with murder.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,822
    edited December 15
    Their middle son has been arrested in connection with their sad deaths. 

    Trump has really surpassed himself with his comments this time. A new low even for him.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,394
    RIP, what awful news

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  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,512
    edited December 15
    ME14addick said:
    Their middle son has been arrested in connection with their sad deaths. 

    Trump has really surpassed himself with his comments this time. A new low even for him.
    What has the World's most powerful buffoon said?

    Ignore I have found it.  Crass and self absorbed as always.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,798
    cfgs said:
    ME14addick said:
    Their middle son has been arrested in connection with their sad deaths. 

    Trump has really surpassed himself with his comments this time. A new low even for him.
    What has the World's most powerful buffoon said?

    Ignore I have found it.  Crass and self absorbed as always.
    *Lifted from BBC report: 

    President     Donald Trump has criticised Reiner on social media, saying without evidence that the two "reportedly" died "due to the anger he caused others" with his "Trump Derangement Syndrome". Reiner was a vocal critic of the president
  • Addickhead86
    Addickhead86 Posts: 1,155
    RIP
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,218
    I've long been a huge fan of Reiner. He has been involved in some major touchstone movies in our lifetime. Hollywood royalty. His string of hits from the mid 80s to the mid 90s was amazing. Shocking to hear how it seems to have ended for him and his wife.

    As for Trump - I honestly didn't think I could hate him any more than I already did. Sub-human scum. 
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,980
    Reiner is an absolute legend with The Princess Bride being one of my favourite films ever since I was a kid.

    I read his son has had addiction problems in the past and has been homeless.  Very troubled guy it seems and, if guilty, looks like he'll spend the rest of his days in prison rather than spanking his father's millions up his nose.

    Trump is just an utter wankpuffin.  Managing to make this about him is a new level of low even for him
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 27,148
    Guys, can we not spoil the tributes with the Trump stuff?
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,226
    aliwibble said:
    Guys, can we not spoil the tributes with the Trump stuff?
    Pity someone can't tell Trump that!
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,218
    aliwibble said:
    Guys, can we not spoil the tributes with the Trump stuff?
    I don't think we're spoiling tributes. That's already happened and it sure wasn't us that did it. I get why you guys don't want to have to put out fires and I respect that. I haven't mentioned his name on here for years. But, to me at least, it's important that people like him are called out and such behaviour isn't normalised. 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,103
    JiMMy 85 said:
    I've long been a huge fan of Reiner. He has been involved in some major touchstone movies in our lifetime. Hollywood royalty. His string of hits from the mid 80s to the mid 90s was amazing. Shocking to hear how it seems to have ended for him and his wife.

    As for Trump - I honestly didn't think I could hate him any more than I already did. Sub-human scum. 
    Crazy how many absolute classics he directed in completely different genres within a decade:


  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,102
    The Princess Bride is one of my favourite films of all time and I'll always be grateful to Rob Reiner for it's existence.  RIP Rob and Michele

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