Dick Van Dyke "Didn't Sleep" After Learning of Rob Reiner, Michele Reiner Deaths Amid 100th Birthday
The son of Rob and Michele Reiner faces first-degree murder charges involving a knife after the couple were found dead at their Brentwood home days after Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday.
- On Sunday, December 14, Dick Van Dyke was shaken after learning Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead at their Brentwood home, and Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman charged their son with first-degree murder on December 16.
- After a Saturday party, sources say Nick Reiner allegedly had a loud argument and history of drug use before Rob and Michele's daughter discovered the bodies.
- On December 15, Arlene Silver posted an emotional Instagram video saying Dick Van Dyke stayed up after the deaths, which came one day after his 100th birthday celebration on Saturday.
- Held without bail, Nick Reiner remains in custody while Alan Jackson said he missed his Tuesday court appearance due to medical clearance; prosecutors say conviction risks life in prison without parole or death penalty.
- Tributes from across Hollywood have poured in, and Norman Lear's family said they were devastated, noting Carl Reiner, Rob's late father, created The Dick Van Dyke Show, underscoring decades‑long ties.
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Dick Van Dyke "Didn't Sleep" After Learning of Rob Reiner, Michele Reiner Deaths Amid 100th Birthday
Dick Van Dyke’s wife Arlene Silver said the 100-year-old “didn’t sleep” after learning Michele Reiner and Rob Reiner, whose father Carl Reiner he had worked with on his sitcom, were murdered.
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Dick Van Dyke 'Couldn't Sleep' After Learning Friends Rob and Michele Reiner Were Killed
Dick Van Dyke couldn't sleep after news broke that Rob and Michele Reiner -- his friends -- were murdered. On Monday, December 15, Van Dyke's wife, Arlene Silver, mourned the couple in an Instagram video, sharing her and her husband's reaction to the news that Rob and Michele were found dead at their home in Brentwood, California, on Sunday, December 14. "Such a weird, wonderful, awful weekend," Silver began, referring to the juxtaposition of ce…
The actor's wife described the emotional toll they both experienced after the first reports of homicide.
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