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Mel Brooks: Carl Reiner Would Not Have ‘Survived’ Son Rob Reiner’s Murder

Experts suggest severe mental illness and a recent psychiatric medication change may have intensified methamphetamine-related violence in the brutal killings, pending toxicology results.

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Mel Brooks said the murders of Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer would have devastated Carl Reiner, the director’s late father and Brooks’ longtime close friend and comedy partner.

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Mel Brooks says he’s ‘glad’ best friend Carl Reiner died before murder of his son Rob

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found murdered in December

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USA Today broke the news in United States on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
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