Leisure neighborhood mourns the loss of life of Sam Rubin

REMEMBERED SALMON IN THAT SHOW. >> AND I LIVE THIS MOMENT, RIGHT NOW WITH THE CENTER AND TO IT BACK >> I WANT TO DO I LOVE. >> SAM RUBIN SO MUCH THE GREATEST SAM IS THE MOST TALENTED ENTERTAINMENT.

REPORTER AND ANCHOR I'VE EVER MET KIND OF OLD SCHOOL. SO WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE MORNING I WAS LIKE. CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SITTING HERE AND I HOPE I CAN SIT HERE FOR A LONG TIME WHAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY MAGNANIMOUS OF YOU I CERTAINLY LIKE USING THE WORD.

MAGNANIMOUS YOU THINK YOU SOMEBODY WITH LITTLE GLASSES THAT >> ALL SAY THIS ISN'T WITHOUT VANITY PROBABLY IS I THOUGHT OH MY GOSH, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY IS GOING TO WATCH EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SEE ME AND MAYBE 2 WEEKS IN. I REALIZED, NOBODY'S.

WATCHING MY MOTHER WOULD WATCH FOR ONE HOUR A DAY AND A GREAT REVIEW WAS ONE HOUR IT'S ALL I CAN TAKE YOU KNOW I FIGURED THIS WAS NOT GOING WELL. AND THEY BROUGHT A NEW EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND A GUY NAMED JOEL TATER DRAWL GOING TO GET FIRED ANYWAY. SO YOU SHOULD JUST DO.

WHATEVER YOU MICROPHONE AGAIN. HOW APPROPRIATE AND THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT. I'M VERY NERVOUS, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET IN TO THE CHANNEL >> HEREDITARY >> YOU KNOW THIS WAS A SLOW BUILD. BUT IT BECAME INCREASINGLY CLEAR THAT THE.

PEOPLE YOU KNOW WE COVER AS ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER WATCH THE HIGH FAMILY ARE BETTER EVERY MORNING FROM HERE SHE LOVES YOU HAVE GIVEN ME ROUND OF FUNDS FOR THE REST OF MY KTLA HAHA THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE ON THE RED CARPET KTLA.

>> THINK ABOUT OVER THE YEARS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME IN TO KTLA. BECAUSE OF SAM TO BE INTERVIEWED BY SAM ENJOY THAT I THINK SO IT'S GOOD TO TAYLOR SWIFT PLAYING HER TAYLOR. I THINK ONE OF GREATEST STRENGTHS IS SAM HAS AWAY. >> OF TALKING TO PEOPLE.

WITHOUT THEM REALLY EVEN KNOW TALKING TO THEM. >> IS IT SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER OR JUST SHAMPOO WHAT IS REGIMEN JARED GOOD MORNING TO YOU WELL, YOU KNOW MY FRIEND IT'S A TO PAY. >> SAM'S THE MAN WAS A BRILLIANT GUY AND HE DESERVES.

EVERY ACCOLADE THAT HE RECEIVES OUR 06:00AM SHOW IS A 100% BETTER BECAUSE OF I DO THE 06:00AM EYES, A PERSONAL FAVOR, RIGHT I DIDN'T CHRIS FOR HAVING DONE THIS JOB FOR 30 YEARS. >> HE IS LIKE A KID IN THE CANDY STORE WHEN IT COMES TO.

HIS JOB, HE'S JUST HE LOVES WHAT HE DOES. >> HE LOVES HOLLYWOOD. HE LOVED THE MOVIES. HE LOVES WHEN CELEBRITIES KNOW HIS NAME AND THEY DO PAY ALL KNOW, SAM, AND THAT'S THE TRUTH WE COME TO THE WHEN YOU SPEND THOSE 3 OR 4 NIGHTS A WEEK WITH RASHID.

WITH COMMON. >> HOW OFTEN DO YOU THINK OF E AND GIVE ME CREDIT FOR THE AN INITIAL INTRODUCTION FOR YOU CREDIT EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND I'M LIKE YEAH, THIS SAM'S FALL. WHY THAT IS REALLY TALK TO THE RANGE THERE WE JUST HANG UP.

>> FOR EXAMPLE OR 5 BABIES MAKING FUN OF SAM IS THE ONLY REASON WE STILL WORK HERE, I MEAN IT'S WHAT BRINGS US HERE EVERY COMING BACK. >> MAKE SO MUCH FUN OF SELF-DEPRECATING I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MADE IT THIS ON TEACHING WE HEARD THAT.

YOU'RE THE CENTER. >> IT'S BEEN THE BIG. >> FOUND JOY IN MY PROFESSION AT THE END OF THE DAY HE IS. >> THE BEST PERSON TO WORK FOR. LIKE THE NICEST SOUL, WE ARE. PLUS LUCKY. >> WE'RE NOT FOR THE PAST, LET'S TIMEOUT I REALLY LIKE.

>> A TREMENDOUS LOSS OUR KTLA FAMILY. SAM RUBIN HAS SAM WAS A STAPLE HERE IN KTLA FOR DECADES AND A TREASURED MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY. GOOD EVENING. I'M SAMANTHA CORTESE AND I'M RICK CHAMBERS WE'RE CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE REMEMBERING SAM.

>> WE TOSS THE WORD ICON AROUND A LOT IN THIS TIME BUT HE WAS DEFINITELY THAT HE JOINED THE KTLA MORNING SHOW IN 91 HE WAS A LEGEND IN THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY. AND HOSTED COUNTLESS RED CARPETS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY OFFERING.

THEIR CONDOLENCES IN KTLA KAREEN WYNTER HAS MORE ON SAM'S PASSING AND LEGACY. >> ALWAYS VERY EXCITING CHANNEL 5 THE FLAGSHIP AFFILIATE HIS INFECTIOUS SMILE HERE IN HOLLYWOOD. I'M SAM RUBIN SPIRITED LAUGHTER BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS.

FOR A LONG TIME AND HIGH ENERGY IS THAT FORGET ALL THESE AWARD FOR DECADES SINCE 1991 AUDIENCES ALL ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND WOKE UP TO THIS FROM ILL YOUR FACE AND THE 2011 IS FEATURED A SLEW OF BAD MOVIES. SAM RUBIN. HE WAS A STAPLE ON THE KTLA MORNING NEWS. BUT FOR.

VIEWERS, HE WAS MUCH MORE SO MUCH MORE FROM THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS IMPORTANT AWARD IS FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM THE 91ST ACADEMY AWARDS AS A FIXTURE IN HOLLYWOOD YOU OFTEN CATCH HIM SCHMOOZING WITH CELEBS ON THE RED CARPET OR CHATTING IT UP WITH STARS.

ON SET SAM'S WELCOMING DEMEANOR MADE EVERYONE FEEL COMFORTABLE IT REALLY WAS LIKE TALKING TO A FRIEND. THE TV VETERAN DIDN'T JUST DELIVER STORIES AND CONDUCT INTERVIEWS. HE CAPTIVATED VIEWERS WITH A SIGNATURE STYLE THAT MADE HIM AN INDUSTRY.

LEGEND MOST FANS FIRST BECAME FAMILIAR WITH PENNY MARSHALL FROM AWARD SHOW CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS WERE HERE AT BARKER HANGAR TO REPORTING ON BLOCKBUSTER NEWS INVOLVING CELEBRITIES SAM COVERED THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY LIKE NO OTHER JOURNALIST HERE IN LOS.

ANGELES TOMORROW, THE KTLA MORNING NEWS MUCH MORE FROM THE GOLDEN GLOBE. HE WAS EXPERIENCED HE WAS TRUSTED AND SO BELOVED SUNDAY NIGHT HERE IN BEVERLY HILLS, SAM LAUNCHED HIS OWN PRODUCTION WHICH PRODUCE HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF BROADCASTING CABLE.

PROGRAMMING. HE RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS OVER HIS LENGTHY CAREER INCLUDING A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION. SAM ALSO HAD A PASSION OFF AIR SOMETHING DEAR TO HIS HEART. THE MS. ONE 50 BETA BIKE TOUR.

WHICH HELPED LITERACY PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTED LA SCHOOLS AND AMONG THE NICE THINGS ABOUT WORKING HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT IS YOUR KIDS OF COURSE PERHAPS SAM'S BIGGEST LOVE HIS FAMILY WHO ALWAYS BEAMED ABOUT HIS WIFE LESLIE AND THEIR CHILDREN COLBY IN DARCY AND FORMER WIFE.

JULIE AND THEIR DAUGHTERS, CARRIE AND RHORI SAM LIVED AND WORKED HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALMOST HIS ENTIRE LIFE. HE WAS BORN IN SAN DIEGO IN 1960 WENT TO OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE AND WOULD EVENTUALLY MAKE HIS AMAZING CAREER WIN RIGHT HERE ON CHANNEL 5.

REPORTING FROM THE OSCARS. I'M SAM RUBIN, SAM RUBIN BE KEEN CHANNEL IN MANY WAYS THE HEART AND SOUL ATL MORE THAN LONG ISLAND. >> TO DRESS UP TO GO ON LIKE A BIG DEAL. THIS WAS HIS LAST SHOW APPEARANCE THIS WEEK AND IN TYPICAL SAM FASHION, HE.

CRACKED JOKES AND FLASH SMILES MANY WILL REMEMBER HIM AS A NEWS ICON BUT TO THOSE TRULY KNEW HIS TALENT. >> BIGGER THAN LIFE PERSONALITY. SAM RUBIN REPRESENTED SO MUCH MORE. HE LIVED LIFE TO THE FULLEST OWNING EVERY MOMENT HIGHS AND.

BRINGING OTHERS ALONG FOR THE IN THE NEWSROOM, I'M SAM RUBIN. >> WELL A LOT OF HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH SAM FOR SO MANY YEARS. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HE HELPED AND MENTORED YOU WORKED CLOSELY DO. BUT A BIT FIRST HOW ARE.

YOU GUYS DOING RIGHT NOW IT'S TOUGH YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE I DON'T THINK I'VE PROCESSED >> YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE I I START OFF MY MORNING, I HEARD THE NEWS AND IT WAS ALMOST DISBELIEF. THEN AS YOU GET IN HERE AND YOU START SEEING ALL THE TRIBUTES YOU START SEEING.

SAM, AND YOU REALIZE HE'S NOT HERE IT SHOULD DIFFERENTLY. FEEL LIKE I'M PROCESSING IT ON THE AIR RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK. BUT YEAH YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY ON THE CARPET I MEAN I GOT A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT HOW DYNAMIC HE WAS AND IT WAS JUST ON SPY RING MEAN THE FACT OF.

THE MATTER WAS THAT WE DO THIS FOR A LIVING AND WE SPEAK HIDDEN, THERE'S SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT A PROMPTER AND HE WAS MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN THERE WASN'T A WHEN THERE WAS AND THERE COULD BE THERE COULD BE ANY SITUATION ON A RED CARPET AND HE CAN TALK HIS WAY.

OUT OF IT FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME ESPECIALLY WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE. I WOULD LOOK AT HIM AND GO WOW LIKE I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER GET TO THAT POINT LOOKING SO NATURAL FOR HIM HE HAD AN ENCYCLOPEDIC MIND ABOUT HOLLYWOOD. >> AND HE COULD JUST REACT TO.

THINGS WHEN THEY CAME BY HE JUST HE JUST SOMEHOW KNEW WHICH DIRECTION TO MOVE TO WHAT WAS GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE FOR THE PERSON THAT WAS IN FRONT YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT'S WHAT'S FUNNY IS A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU SEE OUR RED CARPET CARPET SPECIALS AND.

WE DID SEVERAL OF THEM EVERY YEAR. >> WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A PRE SHOW WE HAVE A ASSIST AT THE SOUNDCHECK THE DAY BEFORE AND EVERY TIME WE GET AROUND THROUGH WHATEVER CAME AT US AIMS MOUTH. IT WAS NEVER THE IT IS DIFFERENT EVERY SINGLE.

TIME THAT IT WAS NEVER SHORT OF WORDS WATCHING THESE CLIPS IS ALMOST THERAPEUTIC FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE I MEAN WITHOUT GETTING TOO MAUDLIN ABOUT IT ALL BEING IN THE NEWSROOM. IT'S JUST SO HEAVY. SO WHEN YOU COME OUT HERE AND WATCH THESE CLIPS I THINK IT HELPS.

I ALSO THINK BEING AROUND YOU GUYS HELPS TO YOU KNOW YOU CAN BE ALONE AND YOU TRY TO PROCESS IT, BUT YOU DON'T QUITE KNOW, BUT WHEN YOU'RE HERE UNDER THIS ROOF. I MEAN THIS THIS BUILDING IS CAMP YOU KNOW. THERE'S THERE'S A LARGE PORTION OF LOS ANGELES WHO.

ONLY KNOW AS THEIR ENTERTAINMENT FOR 40 YEARS AND DOG I JUST HAVE TO SAY ABOUT LARD FOR YOU OBVIOUSLY YOU AND SAY MORE CLOSELY AND ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT LITERALLY HAD TO GO. >> SENATE HIS DESK TODAY. AND BE DOWN THERE WITH THE SAME.

PEOPLE WHO WORK ON PUTTING OBITUARIES TOGETHER FOR THE CELEBRITIES. THEY'RE STILL GRINDING TODAY DOING THIS FOR SAM AND I IMAGINE SAM'S FLATTERED BY THAT BUT ALSO NOT SURPRISED THAT THEY WOULD WORK JUST AS HARD I'LL TELL YOU WHAT SLAUGHTERED I SHARED WITH.

SALMON AND RYAN SEACREST ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER TALKING ABOUT HOW MESSY IS ALL THAT ANYBODY WHO KNOWS AND KNOWS HOW MESSY HIS AREAS WERE 7 I SHARE DESK. >> AND FOR YEARS THIS DESK JUST PILED ON LETTER JUST THIS WEEK. IT WAS CLEANED WHO.

REALLY YEAH JUST THIS WEEK IT WAS CLEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME SO IT'S LIKE I WALK INTO THIS TASK AND I'M LIKE WAIT SIMS NOT BUT ORGANIZED CHAOS ORGANIZED, YEAH, FRANK BUCKLEY MENTIONED EARLIER BECAUSE HIS CAR APPARENTLY A MESS AS WELL BUT HE SAID SAM KNEW WHERE.

EVERYTHING WAS AND YOU COULD GO TO THAT PILE OF TRASH OR WHAT WE JUST GRAB WHAT YOU NEED ORGANIZE CHAOS AT A 30 PITCH BY BY THE WAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SIT IN TODAY, I JUST. >> YOU KIND OF ONE OF THE FUNNY WHEN I CAME IN THE.

MORNING NEWS. THERE ARE ALTHOUGH G'S AND THEN AFTER REALLY WAS A PART OF IT FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, I'M KIND OF LIKE A JUNIOR O J I JUST THE DNA OF THE KTLA MORNING NEWS AT THE HEART AND SOUL OF IT IS SAM. AND YOU KNOW WE TALK ABOUT IT COMING IN WAVES. IT.

ALL SEEMED VERY SURREAL AS I THINK IT PROBABLY DOES FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME. AND THEN I GOT INTO THE NEWSROOM AND WE ALL ARE VERY MUCH ON WORK MODE. I THINK WE ALL ARE PROFESSIONALS WERE TRYING TO GET THE JOB DONE AND TRYING TO EULOGIZE A MAN WHO.

QUITE HONESTLY WAS THE ONE THAT EULOGIZED EVERYONE ELSE I MEAN SAM WAS SORT OF A MASTER AT THAT AND I SHARE THE STORY EARLIER AND I THINK IT BEARS REPEATING THAT IF YOU FOLLOW SALMON IS SOCIAL MEDIA. HE WOULD ALWAYS TAKE IT A REALLY STRONG MOMENT AND EVEN DO IT.

ON THE AIR AS WELL WHEN SOMEONE HOLLYWOOD OF ANY SORT OF IMPORTANCE PASSED AWAY. HE WOULD EULOGIZE AND EVEN IF IT WAS A ALIAS STAR OR SOMEONE WHO WAS YOU KNOW START FROM 70 SITCOM AND I ONCE ASKED HIM I SAID SAM, WHY SPEND ALL THAT TIME YOU KNOW DOING THAT.

THAT'S A A TASK UPON ALL THE OTHER TASKS. AND HE SAYS BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE PAST ESPECIALLY IN THIS TOWN. PEOPLE STOPPED. AND I THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STOPPING TODAY. BECAUSE OF THE NEWS OF AND IT IS. WE'RE ALL PROCESSING IT BUT THANK YOU.

FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TO SHARE A LITTLE EFFECT WHAT SORT PEOPLE. WE HAVE SO MANY LIVES OVER THE YEARS BY THE WAY I JUST DID AN INTERVIEW KEVIN FRAZIER FROM ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, HE SHARED SOME GREAT STORIES ABOUT THE RED CARPET WITH A.

MASTER. HE WAS A CHEST PULLING OUT THE THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS BUT KEVIN SAID, AND I THINK WE'LL SHARE THIS LATER IN SOME OF OUR REPORTS HE SAID YOU KNOW ONE THING THAT SAM WOULD REALLY LIKE TODAY. HE'S THE NUMBER ONE TRENDING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, UNITED STATES.

OF AMERICA. SO TO KNOW SAM IS TO LOVE HIM AND TO KNOW THAT HE WAS OH WE LOVE KTLA. BUT HE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE NEXT GIG HE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DANCING WITH THE STARS HOSTING ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. HE WAS SAYING WAS THE TALK FELT THAT HE COULD DO IN.

ABSOLUTELY HOSTING AMERICAN IDOL FUNNY BECAUSE LIKE WE TALK ABOUT IT AND WE MENTIONED IN SUCH GOOD PHYSICAL TERMS, BUT HE WAS SO YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE YOU IT WAS SO OBVIOUS IN OVER EXPECTED IT AND YOU KNOW LIKE COME OUT. IT'S A JOKE THAT WAS KIND OF THE FABRIC OF.

THAT KTLA MORNING NEWS SHOW WHICH SO MANY OTHER SHOWS TRIED TO RECREATE OR HAVE THAT KIND OF CHEMISTRY AND. >> THAT WAS SAM AND YOU TO WENDY, I MEAN JUST LOOK AT IT OF THE SAM WAS THE S AND 70 S SAM WAS THE ONE THAT SORT OF YOU KNOW IN THE EARLY DAYS AND.

WE'VE SHARED THIS STORY GAVE LICENSE TO KIND OF LIKE GOING WITH THE MOMENT HAVING FUN AND. >> DOING ALL THE SKITS AND SAM NEW A GOOD MOMENT WHEN IT HIT AND YOU KNOW TALK ABOUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN AND I BEAR IT BEARS REPEATING.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST TUNING IN RIGHT NOW AND CAN CATCHING UP WITH FROM THE NEWS OF THE DAY. BUT SAM WAS THE BIGGEST SUPPORTER. EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE THIS NEWSROOM. IT DIDN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE ON YOUR FIRST DAY OR IF YOU JUST HAD A BAD DAY OR IF.

YOU GOT IN TROUBLE WITH THE BOSS BECAUSE HE DID HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE OF GETTING IN WHERE IT IS MY LAST PICTURE WAS SAM AND I'M DRESSED AS A HOT DOG. >> WE BOTH COME THIS IS OUR BIG SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW WEEK WHICH SAM REALLY IT WAS THE BRAINCHILD HIS TO PREVIEW ALL.

THE SUMMER MOVIES AND IT'S A TERRIFIC PART OF OUR OUR MORNING SHOW IT. >> I GOT A TEXT FROM HIS PRODUCER TO SAY YOU KNOW, WILL YOU BE A HOT DOG. I SAID, YES I WILL BE YOUR HAHA AND THEN WE BOTH LAUGH BECAUSE WHEN I WOULD WALK BY PEOPLE NOT DOG.

COSTUME THEY WOULD JUST SAY HEY NO ONE WOULD EVEN ACT LIKE THAT WAS SOMETHING UNUSUAL THAT BECAUSE SAM RUBIN MADE IT OK. >> DRESS IS A HOT DOG ON MORNING IF YOU GUYS CAN SIT HERE AT THE DESK WITH US WE WANT TO BRING SOMEBODY IN YOU.

KNOW, SAM SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER. I THINK IT KTLA 5. >> AND HE WAS ADMIRED NOT ONLY BY THE PEOPLE HERE BUT THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT OTHER TV STATIONS AROUND TOWN. FRITZ COLEMAN WAS A STAPLE IN THIS TOWN OVER ON NBC DOING THE WEATHER THERE FOR YEARS FOR.

ITS. GREAT TO HAVE YOU CALLING YOUR MEMORIES YOUR THOUGHTS ON SAM'S PASSING. >> FREDERIK AND I JUST I MY HEART IS TORN OUT OF MY. WATCHING YOU FROM THE MOMENT, THIS WAS A NEW STORY WITH FRONT THIS MORNING IN. HERE'S TEAM AND LISTENING TO YOUR NOW.

THIS IS A THIS IS AN AWFUL DAY AND THEN THE STORY TODAY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. I THINK THAT SAM WAS ONE OF THE LAST OF THE REAL HOLLYWOOD CORRESPONDENCE. ONE OF THOSE GUYS HOLE. MISSION WAS TO DO THE EVENFLO WHAT WAS HOT. WHAT WAS NOT IN HOLLYWOOD NOBODY.

DID IT BETTER. THIS PERSONALITY WAS CREATED FOR THE KIND OF PRESENTATION AND HE WAS UNBELIEVABLE AND LOVELY AND JOYFUL AND IN MY MIND OR WAY I GOT TO KNOW HIM AND I BENEFITED FROM HIS. >> FRIENDSHIP I'LL TELL YOU I WAS ON. THE KTLA MORNING NEWS.

ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND I JUST TALKED ABOUT MY COMEDY SPECIAL. AFTER THAT LITTLE FIVE-MINUTE SEGMENT HAPPENED. I SOLD OUT 3 SHOWS A ROAD SHOW ANNOUNCED. AND HONESTLY QUITE HONESTLY THAT THE FIRST TIME I UNDERSTOOD THE POWER OF WHAT YOU NEED THE ENTERTAINMENT.

CURIOUSER CALIFORNIA. SO. I JUST WANT I'M SO VERY SORRY FOR YOU I MY HEART BLEEDS FOR CHANNEL 5 ALL OF HIS FANS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURPASSING THE TRULY LEGENDARY FIGURE. >> FOR HE HAD AN IMPACT ON SO MANY PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS WE.

APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN AND SHARING YOUR MEMORIES OF SAM EVERYBODY HERE THE FAMILY OF KTLA PAY FOR ITS ONE QUICK QUESTION TOO DIDN'T YOU LOVE HOW, SAM, I THINK REALLY WAS THE FIRST ONE IN THE MARKET ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE NEWS HAPPENING AT THE OTHER YOUR.

MANAGEMENT EVEN IF IT WASN'T A TOTALLY >> BUT I WILL TELL AND I JUST FOUND THIS OUT TODAY AS YOUR RESEARCH CENTER. >> HIS FIRST TELEVISION APPEARANCE WAS ON OUR STATION REALLY WITH TELE LANDING DOING A 5 PART SERIES ON TABLOID.

JOURNALISM AND SEND YOUR STERLITE FOR NATIONAL ENQUIRER AND THEY HAD HIM ON AT THE 11 O'CLOCK NEWS ON MONDAY. AND HE WAS SO WELL RECEIVED AND SO FULL OF LIFE THEY HAD HIM BACK EVERY SINGLE NIGHT THROUGH THE 5 HERE STILL FRIDAY. AND I I'M HERE TO TELL THAT THAT WAS HIS.

LAWN SHORT OF A CHANNEL 5 AND YOUR NEWSCAST OR MAYBE SOME SLIGHT ALTERATIONS IN THAT STORY BUT I'M NOT SURPRISED AND WE GO FROM THAT TO HIM BEING KNOWN WORLDWIDE BASICALLY AT THIS POINT WITH THIS CONNECTIONS OVER NEAR UP DOWN UNDER IN AUSTRALIA WE'VE.

BEEN HEARING PEOPLE CALLING IN FROM OVERSEAS. >> EVERYBODY HERE TILL I HEARD I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS DOING THAT THE MORNING NEWS IN ENGLAND YOU DON'T KNOW DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE I SPENT A BETTER PRIME AFTERNOON TRYING TO GET OUT TO AUSTRALIA.

AND TAP RICH FOLKS THAT THAT KNEW HIM TALK TO RICH AND BY THE WAY WE NEED TO WORK ON GETTING AN INTERNATIONAL CALLING LINE OUT OF THE NEWSROOM UP A WHAT WE FINALLY FIGURED OUT AND WHAT HAPPENED SO DON'T KNOW, BUT SAM DID A DAILY ALMOST DAILY COLIN.

>> 2 NEWS 9 TO THEY'RE LIKE GOOD MORNING AMERICA THE CAR SHOW BECAUSE THE COUNTRY AND AUSTRALIAN HE WAS THEIR HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION AND SO HE IS KNOWN AS A TELEVISION PERSONALITY IN AUSTRALIA AS WELL SO MUCH SO THAT IF YOU WENT TO NEWS NINE'S.

>> WEB SITE TODAY. HE IS THEIR TOP STORY. THEY DID A 3 MINUTE SEGMENT ON HIM AND THE PERSON RICHER WE SPOKE TO. DIDN'T CALL IN WITH US, BUT ALSO SAID THAT HE BROKE DOWN ON THE AIR AND SPEAKING ABOUT HIS FRIENDS I THINK HE'S HAVING THAT IMPACT ON SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY.

FOR ITS WHEN YOU ARE ON THE SHOW THERE. >> YOU COULD JUST TELL THAT SAM KNEW SO MANY PEOPLE AND SO MANY CELEBRITIES. >> BUT IT NEVER REALLY WENT TO HIS HEAD. I THINK HE REALIZED THE IMPACT IT WAS HAVING ON SO MUCH OF THE AUDIENCE. BUT YOU.

DIDN'T GET THAT WHEN YOU TALK TO HIM ONE-ON-ONE. >> NO HE HE HAD THE PERFECT PERSONALITY FOR THE JOB, HE DID BECAUSE IT IS SOMETIMES IT WAS THE ONLY POSITIVE NEWS IN THE NEWSCAST. ENTERTAINMENT THAT MAYBE A MORNING CLOUDS AND CASE YOU HAVE DOES COME.

BACK ANYBODY'S ALWAYS DO WITH WHO SHE HAS BRING IT TO YOU HE SAY YOU SEEM AT THE GOLDEN MICE OR THE AWARDS. HE WAS BIGGER THAN LIFE PERSONALITY. AND I THINK THAT 50% OF HIS HE JUST COULD NOT WAIT TO TELL YOU WHAT THE LATEST SHOW BUSINESS NEWS WAS AND IT WAS.

INFECTIOUS EFFORTS I THINK YOU HIT ON SOMETHING AND DOUG YOU'VE HAD TO DO THE SAME THING. >> THE NEWS IS IS SO DARK MOST OF THE TIME AND THEN SUDDENLY YOU HAVE TO WALK INTO THE STUDIO AND SHINE THIS LIGHT AND BE THE ENERGY AND IT'S GOT.

TO BE TOUGH DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY YOU LUCKILY I LEARN FROM THE MASTER I MEAN THAT GUY WALKED IN AND LIT UP THE ROOM AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT I REALLY ADMIRED ABOUT SAM, BUT ONE OF THEM ALSO WHEN I FIRST GOT IN HERE AND YOU KNOW IT'S.

INTIMIDATING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO CELEBRITIES, AND DID FOR A LIVING IT WAS LIKE IT WAS OLD HAT TO HIM. >> BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SAM DID THAT SEPARATED HIM FROM EVERYBODY AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF MOST PEOPLE EVEN RECOGNIZE THAT BUT AS A LITTLE.

SUBTLE NUANCE OF HIS APPROACH. WAS HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD WALK INTO THAT ROOM AND TALK ABOUT THAT INTERVIEW SOMEBODY FOR A FILM AND NEVER EVEN MENTIONED THE FILM. YOU TALK ABOUT THESE MOMENTS THAT HE TOOK OVER BUT HE CREATED A LOT OF THOSE MOMENTS BECAUSE.

OF THAT HE HAD A DIFFERENT APPROACH WHATEVER WAS COMING OUT OF THAT CELEBRITIES MOUTH WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD REGURGITATED 12 TIMES STILL QUESTIONS OR SO THOUGHTFUL AND SO SMART THAT IT GOT SMART THOUGHTFUL ANSWERS IN RESPONSE, YOU KNOW.

INSTEAD OF JUST THE TYPICAL WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING ON THE SET HOW ARE YOUR CO WORST OURS HE REALLY HAVE THESE JUST HE COULD HAVE DONE A MASTER CLASS ON HOW TO INTERVIEW YOU HAVE LOVE LED AHMED I THINK THAT IT'S A PASSION OTHER TYPE OF JOURNALIST.

>> AND WHAT I MEAN THERE'S WE'RE NOW IN THE AREA WHERE PEOPLE COME TO WORK IN THEIR GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTERS LIKE YOU GO OUT TO A FREEWAY CHASE ONE DAY THEY GO TO A CELEBRITY CIRCUIT, BUT THE NEXT DAY AND A SPECIALIST IN A PARTICULAR AREA ARE SORT OF A.

BYGONE ERA WHERE HE WAS THE LAST OF THE REAL HOLLYWOOD. MEDIA WHERE THAT WAS EXPERT, PEOPLE CAME TO HIM AND YOU WANT TO THEM THERE WAS A I THINK IT'S A PASSING OF A DIFFERENT TIME A REAL ISSUE THAT WE JUST SHOWED A PICTURE OF SAM IN HIS UNDERWEAR.

STANDING ON THE NEWS A MOMENT, YOU MEDIA TITAN BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT SEEING HIM HE WOULD RUB SHOULDERS WITH THESE HUGE NAMES OUT OF HOLLYWOOD. >> AND THEN THE NEXT MOMENT, HE WOULD BE ACTING LIKE A GO FUND JUST DOING SOMETHING I.

MEAN HE JUST RAN THE WHOLE GAMUT OF THE MOTIONS OF STARS HAVE SUCH A FAMILIARITY AND TRUST AND I THINK IT IS VERY HARD IN THIS TOWN TO DEVELOP A TRUSSVILLE RELATIONSHIP WITH CELEBRITIES JUST THERE'S THERE'S LAYERS TO GET TO THEM AND GET TO THEM, IT'S.

>> BUT SAM, SOMEHOW CRACKED THE CODE I I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 12 YEARS AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE STILL COME UP TO ME AND TO BOW OUT HERE THANK YOU. >> YOUR REFLECTIONS ARE VERY VERY. LOVELY AND IT'S BEEN I'VE BEEN WATCHING ALL DAY LONG YOUR CONNECTION TO THIS.

MAN AND THAT YOU'RE EXPLAINING HOW HIS FAMILY EXTENDED FAR BEYOND THE WALLS OF YOUR TELEVISION STATION THAT THE PUBLIC HAS REALLY BEEN SOMETHING TO WATCH AND MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH US AND A LOT OF LOVE TO THE CHANNEL 5 GROUP

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