LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michele Singer Reiner, a noted photographer and producer who played a pivotal role in inspiring the uplifting finale of the 1980s classic romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally…,” has passed away.

Michele and her husband, acclaimed director Rob Reiner, were discovered deceased in their Los Angeles home located in the Brentwood area on Sunday. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, they received a call for medical assistance shortly after 3:30 p.m. Upon arrival, they found a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman deceased inside the residence. Authorities have detained the couple’s 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, in connection with their deaths.

The couple’s iconic love story began when they met on the set of “When Harry Met Sally…,” a meeting that compelled Rob Reiner to reconsider the film’s original ending. In a 2018 interview with The Guardian, he shared how his relationship with Michele led him to opt for a more optimistic conclusion for the movie.

“Initially, the plan was for Harry and Sally not to end up together,” Rob Reiner revealed. “But meeting Michele changed my perspective, and I realized how love could indeed work out.”

Rob Reiner had previously recounted to The New York Times in 1989 a prediction made by the film’s cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld, who foresaw that he would marry Michele. She had visited the set alongside Sonnenfeld’s then-fiancée during the filming of a heated argument scene between the lead characters, which left a lasting impression on Reiner.

“I look over and I see this girl, and whoo! I was attracted immediately,” he said. “I wormed my way into their lunch. But that’s what he said to me: ‘You’re going to marry her.’ And one thing led to another and here we are.”

They married in 1989 and had three children: Nick, Jake and Romy.

Michele Singer Reiner was a producer for “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” “God & Country,” “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” and “Shock and Awe,” according to IMDB. Earlier in her career, she photographed the cover image of Donald Trump for his 1987 bestseller “The Art of the Deal.”