Cheryl Hines Recalls Working as Rob and Michele Reiner’s Assistant and ‘Instantly’ Loving ‘Their Unwavering Inspiration’

Cheryl Hines is remembering her time spent with Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, following the couple’s deaths.

In a tribute shared to social media on Monday, Dec. 15, the Curb Your Enthusiasm alum, 60, wrote that she met the director, 78, and photographer, 68, after she worked for them as an assistant, more than three decades before they were killed at their Los Angeles home on Sunday, Dec. 14.

“The loss of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner is devastating. I met them 31 years ago when I began working for them as an assistant and instantly loved their generosity, humor, and unwavering inspiration,” Hines, who is married to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., captioned an Instagram post.

“Their legacy lives on in the countless lives they touched and the countless ways they made the world brighter,” Hines continued.

Hines’ photo had Rob in the center, with his arms over her and Michele’s shoulders. All three smiled for the camera.

“This is the snapshot that stays with me,” Hines wrote.

Calls came into the Los Angeles Fire Department at about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14, after Rob and Michele’s daughter Romy discovered her parents’ bodies, sources told PEOPLE.

The couple’s son, Nick Reiner, 32, was later arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with his parents’ death. He is now being held with no bail.

Rob and Michele’s middle child spoke openly about his struggles with addiction, telling PEOPLE in 2016 that the habit led him to live a life on the streets.

At the time, Nick told PEOPLE his life in and out of shelters came after he refused to go back to rehab: “If I wanted to do it my way and not go to the programs they were suggesting, then I had to be homeless.”

Hines’ Curb Your Enthusiasm costar Larry David was among the first to arrive at the Reiners’ home Sunday evening. Billy Crystal and his wife Janice Crystal were also present at the home after arriving separately.

A neighbor of the Reiners told ABC 7 Los Angeles that Billy “looked like he was about to cry.”

Rob married Michele in 1989, seven months after they met on the set of When Harry Met Sally.

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The pair collaborated professionally, as Michele worked on a few of Rob’s movies as a photographer.

Rob was a director, producer and actor who gained fame with his role as Mike on the Norman Lear sitcom All in the Family. As a director, he helmed movies like This Is Spinal Tap, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, Misery and A Few Good Men.