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Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 2:56 am
by BrokenolMarine
Both Rob and his wife Michelle were found dead in their home on Dec 14th. The police are investigating this as a homicide.
Though I didn't care for his politics, in fairness, he wouldn't have cared for mine.
I admired his skill as a writer and director. He directed one of my favorite movies:
"Stand By Me."
I hope he and both his wives rest in peace.
Laverne has already passed.
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 5:31 am
by Ozarkwoodswalker
Yes, its a shame when someone's life is so senselessly ended in such a way.
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 7:24 am
by CT_Shooter
This is very sad news. He will be greatly missed. Stand By Me, Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride stand out as three great films that will long be admired.
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 8:57 am
by cooperhawk
Didn't he also do "Sleepless in Seattle"?
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:07 am
by CT_Shooter
cooperhawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 8:57 am
Didn't he also do "Sleepless in Seattle"?
Yes. And so many more. Here's a pretty good list of his films. He also had quite a catalog of television programs.
https://letterboxd.com/director/rob-reiner/
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:12 am
by fortyshooter
Enjoyed watching him in All it the Family.
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:50 am
by BrokenolMarine
Yup, the Princess Bride was a longtime family favorite.
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 10:57 am
by Vaquero
All I'll say is Good Riddance...
RP
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 1:05 pm
by daytime dave
I had missed this. I was never a fan, but it seems he was killed by his own son with a knife, according to what I heard on the radio. What a terrible way to go.
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 1:12 pm
by RanchRoper
Tragic end but won’t miss him running his mouth.
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 1:47 pm
by Vaquero
RanchRoper wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 1:12 pm
Tragic end but won’t miss him running his mouth.
+++++++++++++++
RP
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 2:50 pm
by Coach
Their son had been in and out of rehab since he was a teenager. He was also a homeless individual at times. Very troubled for sure.
Meathead had a serious case of TDS…
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 5:31 pm
by runnin n gunnin
BM said it very diplomatically and on point. But I have to agree with Vaquero. 
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 7:43 am
by Vaquero
+++++++
RP
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 8:26 am
by rickhem
I did not agree with many of his opinions, but in fairness, he wouldn't have agreed with many of mine.
To get to the point where a family member takes this kind of action is cataclysmic for sure.
Was this son from the current marriage, or from his marriage to Penny Marshall? If from the former marriage, then there are probably logs on that fire that none of us will ever know about.
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 8:42 am
by BrokenolMarine
His current marriage. I did a bit of reading, and he had adopted penny's daughter tracy during their ten year marriage. They had no other children. He had three with Michelle.
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 10:16 am
by daytime dave
Let's continue to stay out of areas not welcome here and be respectful of those passed. Thank you all.
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2025 11:52 am
by CT_Shooter
BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 2:56 am
Though I didn't care for his politics, in fairness, he wouldn't have cared for mine.
I admired his skill as a writer and director. He directed one of my favorite movies:
"Stand By Me."
I read this this morning and thought it would be unlikely that you'd see it, so I copied a link to share here.
Stephen King wrote:I’ve written a lot of fiction, but “The Body” remains the only nakedly autobiographical story I’ve ever done. Those kids were my friends. We never walked down a railroad track to see a dead body, but we got up to other stuff. The story was about my reality as I had lived it on the dirt roads of southern Maine. There really was a junkyard dog, although his name wasn’t Chopper. There really was a kid who went swimming and came out covered with leeches in surprising areas, but it wasn’t Gordie Lachance; it was me.
And there really was a kid who was accused of stealing milk money, although his name wasn’t Chris Chambers. He did borrow — we won’t call it stealing — his mom’s Bel Air. With me riding shotgun, he drove it 90 miles per hour down Route 9 in our backcountry hometown. We were 11...
...Much later, after Rob had become an auteur and I had become whatever it is I became, we met in New York. At his behest I took part in a political documentary about how little liking we had for Donald Trump. Rob took a lot of brickbats and slurs for it on Twitter with his customary grace. (I refuse to call it X; that’s for porno films.) He was a political presence, a social commentator and a wicked satirist. But all that still pales for me when I watch Chris Chambers say to the weeping Gordie Lachance: “You’re gonna be a great writer someday.”
That weeping boy was me. It was Rob Reiner who put it on the screen.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/opin ... =url-share
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2025 2:29 pm
by BrokenolMarine
Thanks CT, I appreciate the information. I have watched a number of King's video interviews, most on writing. In most, he avoids the politics and shares his views on the process and advises new writers. I have MOST of his books and several of his books on tape, read by King himself, and several of those have interviews following the book being read.
Over the years, I have tried to avoid mixing the political with the artistry and just watched the movies or read the books. A few of them made it hard to avoid.
Re: Rob "Meathead" Reiner
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2025 3:05 pm
by CT_Shooter
BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑Wed Dec 17, 2025 2:29 pm
Over the years, I have tried to avoid mixing the political with the artistry and just watched the movies or read the books.
Me, too. And not only with politics and not just with books and movies. And, it's a good thing, too. We'd be missing out on some really great stuff, otherwise. I know you know.
