Colby joined the KTLA 5 Morning News with a four-minute tribute to his father spoken direct to camera.
You are and will always be my hero, he said.
I never got to tell you that, and Im so sorry, dad.

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My confidence just got shot, wrote Colby.
Rubin wrote back, Ignore the noise.
You have excellent genes.

You have every gift.
Respect your own talent.
‘I IDOLIZED YOU.