KTLA Entertainment Reporter Was 64

Sam Rubin, a well-liked leisure reporter on KTLA since 1991, died Friday. He was 64.

Rubin died at his dwelling of a coronary heart assault. His final look on KTLA was on Could 9. He didn’t seem Friday on KTLA’s 7-9 a.m. “Morning Information” as typical. KTLA reported that Rubin’s colleagues stated he “confirmed no outward indicators of sickness” the day earlier than.

Rubin was a fixture in Hollywood who loved uncommon longevity with a single station all through his profession. On digicam, Rubin was unfailingly jocular and heat, usually speaking about his off-air actions together with his spouse and 4 kids. Chatting with Rubin reside on KTLA has lengthy been a staple of any publicity tour for stars of flicks, TV exhibits, live performance excursions and the rest involving leisure.

Perry Sook, chairman and CEO of Nexstar, known as the anchor “an icon” for the area and the business.

“Sam was an icon in Los Angeles and the leisure business and he was a beloved member of our Nexstar Nation. My prayers are together with his household and the KTLA household as we mourn his passing. He will probably be missed,” Sook stated in an announcement.

KTLA, one of many nation’s pioneering TV stations and the primary business outlet to hit the airwaves on the West Coast in 1948, praised the journalist who grew to become synonymous with the station. KTLA information anchor Frank Buckley was visibly choked up as he reported Rubin’s loss of life on-air Friday afternoon.

“Sam was an enormous within the native information business and the leisure world, and a fixture of Los Angeles morning tv for many years,” KTLA stated in an X put up. “His chortle, allure and caring character touched all who knew him. Sam was a loving husband and father: the roles he cherished essentially the most. Our ideas are with Sam’s household throughout this troublesome time.”

As an anchor and reporter in Hollywood’s yard, Rubin additionally coated the internal workings of Hollywood, often providing a fan’s perspective on the machinations of studios and networks and the excesses of the wealthy and well-known. Later in his profession he branched out into TV manufacturing, and he went worldwide. Rubin was an on-air leisure reporter for ITV U.Ok., and he was a well-liked leisure information character in Australia via his function as a Hollywood correspondent for 9 Community’s “Right now” and “Right now Further” applications.

“Everybody goes to really feel like they misplaced a household pal,” publicist Jamie Gruttemeyer Symonds informed Selection in response to the information of Rubin’s loss of life.

Actor Yvette Nicole Brown echoed that sentiment in an X put up, calling Rubin “a pal” and noting “I loved all of the occasions I obtained to go to him at KTLA.”

The information of Rubin’s loss of life hit Hollywood exhausting with an outpouring of disappointment and tributes from actors on each coasts. Dave Foley, Kiefer Sutherland, Marlee Matlin, Jerry O’Connell, Paul Feig, Ben Stiller, Greg Grunberg and extra shared their recollections and continued to reward Rubin’s kindness within the enterprise.