Tributes to the beloved Hollywood director, Rob Reiner, and his wife, Michelle, have poured in since their tragic deaths on Sunday, sent shockwaves through the industry.

Their son, Nick Reiner, was taken into police custody that same day and booked for murder.

According to a Los Angeles Police Department news release. Reiner, whose career

spanned more than five decades, was most known for his work on All in the Family, the Princess

Bride, and when Harry met Sally, all iconic productions that were defining cultural moments

for Hollywood. What will his legacy be?

Hello and welcome to USA Today's The Excert. I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Wednesday, December 17th, 2025. For more on how Hollywood and America will remember the famed director is USA Today Entertainment Reporter, Ralphie of Versa.

Thanks so much for being here, Ralphie.

Always a pleasure, Dana, despite the circumstances, of course.

Ralphie, how has Hollywood responded to the deaths of Rob and Michelle Reiner?

It's been interesting. I mean, there have been a number of tributes that have pouring in, which is to be

expected for Rob and his wife, Michelle, who certainly was beloved and was not only Rob's

partner, but his colleague as well in many ways, which we'll talk about.

But certainly the manner in which all of this has played out from from when we first learned that two bodies were discovered in his mansion to now their son, Nick, being under arrest, facing two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of multiple murder, among other charges.

It's just added an extra layer of sorrow, really,

to this. In addition to obviously wanting to pay tribute by pretty much every account universally,

the great people that they were, and then also the great work that they've done, specifically,

all of the work that Rob did in Hollywood.

We do want to talk about their work.

There were actors who had career-defining roles in some of his films.

There was Meg Ryan and When Harry Met Sally, Jack Nicholson and A Few Good Men, Kathy Bates in Misery.

What strikes me about those movies, though, and those roles is how

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