The teenage son of beloved entertainment reporter Sam Rubin delivered an emotional, on-air tribute to his late father from his dad’s seat at the KTLA anchor desk just three days after the TV journalist unexpectedly died.
Colby Rubin, 16, delivered the heart-wrenching letter addressed to his dad during a Monday broadcast on KTLA, where the his dad worked worked for more than three decades.
Hi Dad, I wrote this under the desk in your cubicle where you used to catch me sleeping - only you weren’t there to wake me up this time,” Colby read, looking directly at the camera.
“Dad, I can’t believe you’re gone.”
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Sam Rubin’s 15-year-old son offers emotional tribute to dad: ‘I am so grateful’
Entertainment reporter Sam Rubin, shown in 2013 at the Critics' Choice Television Awards, died Friday at age 64.
Entertainment reporter Sam Rubin, shown in 2013 at the Critics’ Choice Television Awards, died Friday at age 64. (Frank Micelotta / Frank Micelotta/invision/ap)
By Amy Hubbard
Deputy Editor, Fast Break Desk
May 14, 2024 3 AM PT
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Since the sudden death of KTLA’s Sam Rubin on Friday, the station has been commemorating its longtime entertainment reporter. On Monday morning that included an appearance by Rubin’s son Colby.
The 16-year-old visited the “Morning News” set and spoke of his father while sitting in his dad’s usual chair.
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Colby said he would tease his father: “I said, ‘No one knows you. No one knows who you are.’” But since his father’s death of cardiac arrest at his West Valley home, the teen said there had been an outpouring of support.
“People I didn’t even know have been reaching out,” he said.
Colby read a poignant message he’d written to his late father: “I love you so much. ... You were the light in every room.”
Colby said his father was “always there,” for Boy Scout meetings, Disney trips and talks during car rides, where he heard about his dad’s passion for his work - “about how you got to wake up every day and do what you loved.”
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