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A tribute to ‘every dad of that generation’

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Here's your daily dose of sweetness.

Over the years, CBS News reporter Steve Hartman, a KSTP veteran, has featured his dad on several of his poignant pieces. That includes the day he helped his dad move out of the house he'd built himself.

Why does it resonate with us so? Because so many of us face the dread.

George was in eight of Steve's stories. And over the weekend, the last of them aired. George has died.

Both his parents are dead now. "This is a unique kind of emptiness," Steve said. "When there is no one left on earth to love you so unconditionally."