United Kingdom, March 16 -- Billy Crystal paid a touching tribute to his late friend Rob Reiner during the Oscars In Memoriam segment on Sunday (15.03.26).

The 78-year-old actor took to the stage at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre to honour the "master storyteller" and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, three months after they were shot dead, and pledged the director's work will "last for lifetimes".

Billy said: "I first met Rob Reiner in 1975 when I was cast as his best friend in an episode of All in the Family. And it went so well that Rob said, 'You know, it was fun playing your best friend, why don't we keep it going?' It was a thrill to see him evolve from a great comic actor to a master storyteller."

He then took the audience on a brief...