Rob Reiner's friends Billy Crystal and Larry David remember director together: He was always at the top of his game'

"US comedy luminaries Billy Crystal, Larry David, Martin Short and Albert Brooks have come together to remember their friend and peer Rob Reiner, hours after the director's son was charged with the murder of his parents. Nick Reiner, 32, has been in custody since Sunday evening, hours after his sister, Romy, reportedly discovered the bodies of Rob and Michele Reiner in their Los Angeles home. Police said the couple had suffered fatal stab wounds."

"On Tuesday, a letter signed by the Reiners' friends was released to the Associated Press. It was signed by Billy and Janice Crystal; Albert and Kimberly Brooks; Martin Short; comedy writer Alan Zweibel and his wife, Robin; David and his wife, the film producer Ashley Underwood; composer Marc Shaiman and his husband, Lou Mirabal; director Barry Levinson and his wife, Diana; and the former US ambassador to Spain James Costos and his partner, Michael Smith."

"Billy Crystal and Rob Reiner first met in 1975, when Crystal was cast in a small role in the sitcom All in the Family, in which Reiner played Mike Meathead Stivic. He had a small role in Rob Reiner's directorial debut, This is Spinal Tap, and starred in two of the director's best-loved films, The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally, with the two men remaining good friends for 50 years."

Nick Reiner, 32, was taken into custody after his sister Romy reportedly discovered the bodies of Rob and Michele Reiner in their Los Angeles home; police said both had suffered fatal stab wounds. On Tuesday Nick Reiner was charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders and an allegation for use of a dangerous weapon, a knife, and faces life without parole or the death penalty if convicted. Numerous friends and colleagues publicly expressed condolences, including Billy Crystal, Albert Brooks, Martin Short and others. Billy Crystal and Rob Reiner were close friends for fifty years; Albert Brooks and Reiner were high-school friends for sixty years. Rob Reiner's Castle Rock Entertainment produced Seinfeld, and Reiner portrayed a comedically heightened version of Larry David.

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