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Michelle Obama revealed on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" that she and Barack Obama were meant to see Rob and Michele Reiner the night they were found dead.
"We've known them for many, many years," former First Lady Michelle Obama said of the couple and their friendship with she and former President Barack Obama.
Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, Elijah Wood, Ben Stiller, Eric Idle and many, many more paid tribute to the actor-director.
"He and his wife lived lives defined by purpose," Obama shared about the acclaimed actor and director and his wife Michele Reiner, who were found dead at their California home
Former President Barack Obama and Oscar-winning "Misery" star Kathy Bates were among those who issued their condolences to the family.
The filmmaker, who was murdered on Sunday, was a devoted Democrat who long championed causes opposed to Trumpism. He also donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to progressive campaigns
Former President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump issued sharply different statements following the deaths of filmmaker Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner, whose son, Nick Reiner, has been arrested and "booked for murder," the Associated Press reported.
In times of national tragedy and grief, Donald Trump often chooses not to perform the traditional presidential role of comforting the nation.