United Kingdom, Dec. 17 -- Billy Crystal will miss Rob Reiner and his wife Michele "forever".

The 77-year-old film star paid tribute to his When Harry Met Sally ... director - who was killed at home in Los Angeles over the weekend alongside his partner Michele - in a joint statement released with his wife Janice and a group of the tragic couple's close friends including actors Martin Short, Larry David and Albert Brooks and filmmaker Barry Levinson

The statement - first released to the Associated Press - praised Reiner's work as an actor and director and remembered him as a great friend. It read: "Rob Reiner not only was a great comic actor, he became a master story teller.

"There is no other director who has his range. From comedy to ...