In the hours before an unexpected loss, even the simplest exchanges can become luminous with meaning. That truth now reverberates across Hollywood as friends, colleagues, and admirers reflect on the last evening filmmaker Rob Reiner spent alive. On the night before his death, Reiner spoke at length with a close friend — a conversation that at the time felt ordinary, even comforting, but now reads as a tender window into his spirit in his final hours. The following day, December 14, 2025, Rob and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home, a discovery that stunned the entertainment world and left loved ones reeling. Continue reading…