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Channel Nine's Today show team paid tribute to the late Sam Rubin on Monday morning's program, following the entertainment reporter's shock death at 64.
Rubin, who was a longtime correspondent for the Australian network, died of a heart attack on Friday. He was 64.
In an emotional video montage, the reporter was remembered for his work both with Nine and in Los Angeles.
'Over the weekend, the Today show family lost one of our own,' co-host Karl Stefanovic began.
'Sam spent his life in the bright lights of Hollywood, interviewing stars. Now he's being remembered by them,' Sarah Abo added.
Channel Nine's Today show team paid tribute to the late Sam Rubin on Monday morning's program, following the entertainment reporter's shock death at 64. Pictured: Today hosts Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo
Videos from Rubin's time on Channel Nine appeared on the screen, from crossing to Today Extra host David Campbell and former co-host Sonia Kruger.
Entertainment reporters Richard Wilkins and Brooke Boney also featured in the montage, as well as Jayne Azzopardi.
Following the tribute, Stefanovic, Abo, Wilkins and Boney appeared on a panel and shared their fondest memories of their late colleague.
'It was always about the other people, never about him. He was such a beautiful man, such a great broadcaster,' Wilkins said.
Rubin, who was a longtime correspondent for the Australian network, died of a heart attack on Friday. He was 64
Videos from Rubin's time on Channel Nine appeared on the screen, from crossing to Today Extra host David Campbell and former co-host Sonia Kruger
'He was just a such a pro, wasn't he? Just loved his job, loved the industry.'
Meanwhile, Stefanovic shared some advice Rubin gave him when he first started out on the Today show.
'He told me, when I first started on Today, "You've just got to be yourself." And then some years later, he said, "There's such a thing as being too much of yourself",' he recalled.
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On Saturday morning, Stefanovic shared a photo with Sam on the set of LA based TV station KTLA to Instagram.
'I absolutely adored every second with @samontv on air and off over the past two decades. His spirit. His laugh. His warm caring nature,' he wrote.
'He was a beautiful man. What a loss. All our love to his family. And to his tv family at @ktla5news @ktla_entertainment.'
Today entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins also shared a tribute to his
