United Kingdom, Dec. 15 -- Jerry O'Connell "feels like a parent has passed" following the death of Rob Reiner.

The 51-year-old actor worked with the director on 1986 coming-of-age saga Stand By Me when he was just 11 years old, and he has been left devastated after the 78-year-old filmmaker and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were killed at their home on Sunday (14.12.25).

He told People magazine: "We're all shocked. I can't speak for [co-stars Wil Wheaton and Corey Feldman], but for myself, I feel like a parent has passed, you know?

"I just feel like a parent has passed."

Jerry - who has 17-year-old twins Charlie and Dolly with wife Rebecca Romijn - found the news "really devastating" because he feels he owes "everything" to Rob....