SNL Pays Tribute to the Late Rob Reiner in Final Episode of the Yr

Throughout its last episode of the yr, “Saturday Night Live” paused to pay tribute to late producer Rob Reiner … flashing a title card with an outdated picture of Rob earlier than the present’s “goodnight” section.

The in memoriam gesture comes lower than per week after Reiner and his spouse — Michele Singer Reiner — had been discovered useless of their Los Angeles dwelling. Their son — Nick Reiner — is now dealing with first-degree homicide fees after being arrested in reference to their deaths.

Reiner hosted SNL’s third episode again in 1975 through the present’s early days … and in contrast to hosts George Carlin and Paul Simon on the time, he totally joined within the sketches … serving to set the model that may without end outline the collection.

As we reported, the couple’s daughter, Romy, is the one who found Rob and Michele’s our bodies and referred to as 911. She advised police her brother Nick was “dangerous” and must be thought-about a suspect.

Nick was arrested about 6 hours after police responded to the decision. He is presently held on suicide watch at Males’s Central Jail in L.A. with out bond and awaits his January seventh listening to.