Sam Rubin, beloved LA entertainment anchor and interviewer, dies at 64

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sam Rubin, a beloved leisure anchor and reporter for KTLA in Los Angeles who was on a first-name foundation with Hollywood’s high stars, has died. He was 64.

The station introduced that he died unexpectedly on Friday. No trigger was launched.

Rubin joined the station’s morning information workforce in 1991. He performed upbeat reside interviews with actors and musicians from behind the anchor desk and was a mainstay at premiere crimson carpets and film junkets. His remaining interview was with Jane Seymour on Thursday.

Seymour joined Tom Hanks, Viola Davis, Ben Stiller, Guillermo del Toro, Kiefer Sutherland, Octavia Spencer and different Hollywood figures in mourning Rubin on social media.

“Even when I used to be on my eighty fifth interview that day, I used to be all the time glad to see Sam. Even when HE was on his eighty fifth interview that day, he all the time introduced real kindness, curiosity and an out of doors the field query,” Ryan Reynolds posted on X.

“There was no yet another captivated with his job than Sam Rubin. I’ve identified Sam for many of my profession, and he had a light-weight in his eyes each early morning as he began his day by day work,” Jamie Lee Curtis wrote on Instagram.

Born in San Diego, Rubin graduated from Occidental School in Los Angeles. He earned a number of honors from native information journalism teams, together with a lifetime achievement award from the Southern California Broadcasters Affiliation.

Rubin is survived by his spouse, Leslie, and 4 kids.