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By Jamelle BouieMichelle CottleRoss Douthat and Stephen Stromberg

The actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner, were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home on Sunday. Their son Nick Reiner is being held without bail on suspicion of murder. Stephen Stromberg, an editor in Opinion, convened an online written discussion with Opinion’s columnists Jamelle Bouie and Ross Douthat and the Opinion writer Michelle Cottle to discuss Rob Reiner’s life and work.

The conversation has been edited for clarity.

Stephen Stromberg: When you think of the films that defined an era and still hold up, many by Rob Reiner come to mind. And the harder you look, the more you see his influence. He helped start the careers of John Cusack, River Phoenix and Meg Ryan. Lines from his movies entered the lexicon. What is........

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