Overview
- EntertainmentNow reports that Reiner and Michele Singer were killed in December 2025, and the couple leave four adult children.
- Reiner is being remembered for his breakout turn as Michael Stivic and for a prolific career as an actor, writer, and director.
- All in the Family aired from 1971 to 1979, using sitcom humor to tackle topics like race, gender, and the Vietnam War while drawing massive ratings.
- Time notes that political pushback, including displeasure from President Richard Nixon, failed to dislodge the show, establishing a model for later boundary-pushing satire such as South Park.
- As retrospectives roll out, Sally Struthers recalled her 2024 Emmys reunion with Reiner and told Deadline she was devastated, while coverage also revisits co-stars’ fates, including Carroll O’Connor’s 2001 death and Jean Stapleton’s 2013 passing, and the franchise’s spin-offs Archie Bunker’s Place and Gloria.