Paul McCartney has paid tribute to the late Rob Reiner, saying life can be “so unfair and this tragedy proves it”.
The 78-year-old filmmaker and his 68-year-old wife,the photographer Michele Singer-Reiner,were found dead inside their home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles on Sunday (December 14).
The LAPD confirmed that they were investigating the deaths as an “apparent homicide”, with reports suggesting that the two suffered wounds consistent with a knife attack.
Earlier today (December 15), it emerged that the couple’s 32-year-old son nick Reiner had been arrested in connection with their deaths. He is saeid to be in custody on $4million (£2.9million) bail.
McCartney made an appearance in Reiner’s final film,Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,which was released in September this year. In the movie, he shows up during Spinal Tap’s rehearsal sessions, offering helpful advice and telling Reiner’s character Marty that their song ‘Big Bottom’ is “almost literature”.
Today, McCartney posted a personal tribute to Reiner. Alongside a photo from the film’s shoot, he wrote: “What a tragedy the death of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, is. It is so shocking in many ways but for me especially so, because over the last year I had been working with him. He directed me in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. he was such an upbeat, lovable man.”
“Life can be so unfair and this tragedy proves it,” he continued. “his father, Carl Reiner, was a great humourist before him and Rob followed in his dad’s footsteps doing a terrific job making many great films. I will always have fond memories of Rob and the idea that he and his wife will no longer be in the world with us is heartbreaking.”
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