Film admirers around the world are mourning the shocking deaths of influential director-writer-actor Rob Reiner and his wife and professional partner, Michele Singer, who were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Dec. 14. The late couple’s son Nick has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Among those remembering time spent with Reiner is Country Music Hall of Famer Reba McEntire, who worked with the film icon in North, while he also made a cameo in the Jon Small-directed music video for “Does He Love You,” McEntire’s hit collaboration with Linda Davis.
McEntire remembered Reiner by sharing a photo on Instagram of herself with Reiner on the set of the music video.
“I enjoyed every minute I was around Rob Reiner,” McEntire captioned the post. “I got to work with him on the movie North and he also helped us with our ending of my video ‘Does He Love You.’ I sure will miss him. What a gift he was to this world. Rest in peace, my friend.”
“Does He Love You” revolves around two women in a battle for the love of the same man, which the video dramatically brings to life. In the video, Davis and McEntire portray rivals, and the tension escalates throughout the clip. As the video draws to a close, McEntire’s character watches as Davis’ character rides off into the sunset on a boat with the lover, only to see the boat soon explode. From there, the video quickly cuts to a cameo from Reiner, as he’s reviewing footage from the shoot with McEntire and Davis.
Davis also shared memories of working with Reiner on the video set. Sharing McEntire’s post on Facebook, she added, “Rob was really kind and funny. As Reba said in her post, she had gotten to know Rob on set shooting their movie. His cameo appearance in our video for ‘Does He Love You’ gave some the impression that Rob had directed the video. I can’t count how many times over the last 30 years folks asked me, ‘Was Meat Head nice?’ .. ‘How was it working with Rob Reiner?’ Rob was very nice and gracious to me. He has left us so much artistic work that will live on. Jon Small did a great job on our video…and having an icon like Rob be a part was one of the many fun memories that I will cherish…”
The music video for “Does He Love You” earned a CMA Award nomination for music video of the year in 1994.
Reiner was known for directing, producing and/or writing films including This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally…, A Few Good Men, North and The Bucket List. As an actor, he appeared in movies such as This Is Spinal Tap, The Jerk, Sleepless in Seattle, Misery and The First Wives Club, as well as portraying the character Mike “Meathead” Stivic on the series All in the Family.
