Director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner found dead at home

Director Rob Reiner (R) and his wife Michele Singer Reiner pictured in April. The couple have been found dead at their home in Los Angeles in what authorities are investigating as a homicide. Photograph: Todd Williamson/JanuaryImages/Shutterstock

Rob Reiner, the director of beloved films including When Harry Met Sally, Misery, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap, has died aged 78 in an apparent homicide, along with his 68-year-old wife Michele Singer Reiner.

Reports first began to emerge on Sunday afternoon that the bodies of a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman had been found by authorities inside a home owned by Reiner in Brentwood, Los Angeles, after a medical aid request was made to the Los Angeles Fire Department.