Sam Rubin on and off the air

BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE WE SPOKE TO A LOT OF FAMOUS PEOPLE. HE HAD A REMARKABLE IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES JUST REGULAR PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW THIS TIME OF DAY IN THE MORNING. >> IT'S SUCH CRITICAL TIME I MEAN IT YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE A.

GUEST IN SOME OF THESE HOMES IN A WAY THAT YOU'RE NOT AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY AND HE BROKE THROUGH THE GLASS AND IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT WAY AND AND JEANNE IS DOING HIS REPORTING KAREEN YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE STATION HERE KAREEN WYNTER IS.

WITH US WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE RIGHT PHONE HAS BEEN BLOWING JUST WITH PEOPLE. >> IN DISBELIEF ABSOLUTE DISBELIEF, WE ARE AT A LOSS FOR WORDS, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH DAY HERE AT KTLA. OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN. SAM RUBIN HAD A HEART OF GOLD AND HE MEANT SO.

MUCH TO US AND WE ARE STILL IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR VIEWERS TO KNOW WHEN WE SIT HERE ARE OUT IN THE FIELD. WE'RE TRAINED RIGHT WE GET TO HOLD IT TOGETHER AND CAN DELIVER WHAT TALIA I'M HERE TO TELL YOU PERSONALLY IT'S BEEN SO DIFFICULT, I DON'T KNOW HOW.

FRANK YOU AND ERIC HAVE BEEN HOLDING UP BUT IN THAT NEWSROOM AROUND THE STATION. PEOPLE ARE BROKEN THEIR TEARS PEOPLE ARE IN SHOCK. SO WE ARE STILL PROCESSING THIS AS YOU PROBABLY AREN'T HOME. BUT WE WANT IT DO JUSTICE TO SAM'S LIFE AND YOU KNOW TO SHOW YOU.

WHAT HE'S MEANT FOR LAS ANGELES. HE WAS BELOVED HE WAS A TALENT AND HE DELIVERED ENTERTAINMENT UNLIKE ANY OTHER TAKE A LOOK. >> ALWAYS VERY EXCITING CHANNEL 5 THE FLAGSHIP AFFILIATE HIS INFECTIOUS SMILE TWENTY-TWENTY 4 GRAMMY.

NOMINATIONS SPIRITED LAUGHTER BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND HIGH ENERGY IS THAT FORGET ALL THESE AWARDS FOR DECADES SINCE 1991 AUDIENCES ALL ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND WOKE UP TO THIS FOR MILL YEAR 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 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 SHOWS 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. 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 AWARD 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 THE NICE THINGS ABOUT WORKING HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT IS YOUR KIDS OF COURSE PERHAPS BIGGEST LOVE HIS FAMILY ALWAYS BEAMED ABOUT HIS WIFE LESLIE AND THEIR CHILDREN COLBY AND RC AND FORMER WIFE JULIE AND.

THEIR DAUGHTERS. PERRY AND RORY. 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 WITH 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 DECADES 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 FLASHED A.

SMILE SPOKE MANY WILL REMEMBER HIM AS A NEWS ICON BUT TO THOSE WHO TRULY KNEW HIS TALENT. >> THE BIGGER THAN LIFE PERSONALITY. SAM RUBIN REPRESENTED SO MUCH MORE. HE LIVED LIFE TO THE FULLEST ONLY EVERY MOMENT HIGHS AND.

BRINGING OTHERS ALONG FOR THE IN THE NEWSROOM, I'M SAM RUBIN. YEAH AND WHAT A RIDE IT WAS I THINK SOMETHING THAT HELPED A LOT OF US AROUND THE STATION REALLY GET THROUGH THIS DAY AND IT'S. >> JUST BEGINNING PROCESSING THESE FEELINGS WE MISSED SO.

MUCH ALREADY HAVE BEEN THE SHORT STORIES THAT PEOPLE BEEN SHARING. I WANT TO SHARE 2 QUICK STORIES. I WALKED IN THE KTLA GOSH IT WAS SO LONG AGO 2013 RIGHT. STARTED FREELANCING AND YOU COME INTO ANY NEWSROOM, NOT TO MENTION IT. KTLA NEWSROOM HERE, LOS.

ANGELES ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO GREET ME. SAM RUBIN A CURRY AND WE HAD SEEN EACH OTHER COVERING ENTERTAINMENT AROUND TOWN. SO. >> SAM AND HE GAVE ME THE BIGGEST BEAR HUG AND I THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD GOT MY BACK AND THAT'S.

HOW SAM ALWAYS MADE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SPECIAL. HE REALLY CARED. THAT WAS A SAM, SAM TOUCH RIGHT HIS SIGNATURE STYLE YEAH SAW SAM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE WERE LITERALLY PASSING SHIPS HERE BECAUSE YOU GUYS GET REALLY EARLY HACKING AND I COME IN MIDMORNING.

EXHAUSTED, YOU SEE ME RIGHT YES DON'T WANT WRITE THEIR CUP OF COFFEE SAW ME, HEY KAREEN ENERGY ON 10. OKAY, MY ENERGY SAM, HOW ARE THE KIDS. THEY'RE FINE DRIVING ME CRAZY ALL RIGHT YOU GOT. AND THAT WAS GO TO ENERGY DOESN'T MATTER HOW BUSY HE WAS THE BUSIEST MAN IN.

ALWAYS FOUND THE TIME TO STOP. TO GREET YOU PERHAPS GIVE YOU A HUG IF YOU'RE LUCKY MAKE SURE YOU'RE OK AND THEN OFF TO THE OTHER SIDE AND THAT'S HOW I'LL REMEMBER SAM IS AS LOVING HIS FAMILY HERE. HE DIDN'T COME TO WORK EVERY DAY THIS WASN'T A JOB FOR HIM. THIS WAS.

THE SECOND HOME. HE WAS SO LOVED HERE HAD A LOT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS I MENTIONED HE'S ALREADY SO MISSED. AND I WISH I COULD JUST GIVE SAM A HOG YEAH ONE LAST TIME, YEAH. >> THANK YOU YOU HAD AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB OF TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER HE DID A GOOD JOB.

YES, THANK YOU LEE BECAUSE THAT THERE ARE SO MUCH NEED OUR MEMORIES SO MANY CLIPS IT'S IT REALLY SHOULD BE A DOCUMENTARY BECAUSE HE HE HAD JUST SUCH A AND ICONIC CAREER YEAH IN UNCOVERING TALK ABOUT THE THAT WE WORK AND OF COURSE WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN MIDDLE OF.

THE NIGHT YOU TEND TO TALK ABOUT THE HOURS A LOT. >> ONE OF THE THINGS HE ALWAYS IT CALLS UP AND HE'D SAY I HAVE THE GREATEST EVERYWHERE WE WOULD TALK ABOUT ALSO FOUND PLACES AROUND THE STATION TO AND WITH THAT HE WOULD TELL YOU THIS IS THE GREATEST PLACE.

YOU COULD ACTUALLY LAY OUT ON THIS COUCH HERE YOU COULD CLOSE THE DOOR TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS GET AN HOUR OR 2 OF SLEEP. I MEAN THAT'S. >> YEAH HE'S ALWAYS LOOKING HE TOLD ME HE HAD WON 3 HOUR NAP AND I WAS JUST IN AWE HE IT WAS IT ENDED AT FIVE-THIRTY HE.

WOKE UP HAD DINNER AND WENT BACK TO APNEA THAT WAS WHEN HE WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT THAT. >> HE HAD SUCH PRIDE TOOK A 3 HOUR NOW YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE HOW >> HE COULD SLEEP EVERYWHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE VIDEO OF HIM SLEEPING CONSTANTLY EVEN HERE.

AT THIS DEATH SO THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO KID HIM ABOUT GOSH

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