Washington DC, Dec. 26 -- Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese has expressed deep grief over the death of his longtime friend and collaborator Rob Reiner, describing the loss as "heartbreaking," according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In a guest essay published in The New York Times on Christmas Day, Scorsese reflected on their decades-long friendship and shared memories of working together, including on The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), in which Reiner played the father of Leonardo DiCaprio's character.

"Rob Reiner was my friend, and so was Michele. From now on, I'll have to use the past tense, and that fills me with such profound sadness," Scorsese wrote, adding, "But there's no other choice." Reiner, 78, and his wife, Michele, 70, were fou...