Today Show entertainment reporter's cause of death revealed
Beloved Today show and KTLA entertainment reporter Sam Rubin's cause of death has been revealed, two months after his sudden passing.
The 64-year-old died in May with a new report from medical officials finding he died from a heart attack after he suffered a massive blockage to his coronary artery.
Just hours after hosting his Hollywood news segment in the morning of May 10th, Rubin was rushed to home after collapsing in his Los Angeles home.
The multi-Emmy Award winner was a renowned figure in the news industry on the West Coast, and had covered entertainment, movies and TV for KTLA since 1991.
He was also well-known in Australia as a contributor to Channel Nine's Today show and Today Extra, and in the UK where he appeared on This Morning.
Following his death, Karl Stefanovic paid tribute to his colleague on Instagram, saying he "adored every second with Sam on air and off over the past two decades".
"His spirit. His laugh. His warm caring nature. He was a beautiful man. What a loss. All love to his family, and to his TV family at KTLA5 News."
Today Extra host David Campbell also paid tribute to Rubin, calling him a "Hollywood great".
"He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of the industry," Campbell posted on social media.
"For years we would cross to him and gossip and laugh," he said.
"He would visit us Down Under, and whenever you were in LA you had to catch up. His loss is profound. My love and condolences to his family whom he adored."
"Also his KTLA team who have lost a brother. We will cross back to you some other time Sam."
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