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| ESPN’s Stuart Scott dies of cancer at 49 | ESPN’s Stuart Scott dies of cancer at 49 |
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| ESPN anchor Stuart Scott has died of the cancer he fought so fiercely three times over a seven-year span. | |
| Scott’s death at 49 was announced by the network Sunday morning. | Scott’s death at 49 was announced by the network Sunday morning. |
| We are heartbroken to report that Stuart Scott has died after a long fight with cancer. He was 49. pic.twitter.com/aI0TGwFqGU — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 4, 2015 | We are heartbroken to report that Stuart Scott has died after a long fight with cancer. He was 49. pic.twitter.com/aI0TGwFqGU — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 4, 2015 |
| We are heartbroken to report that Stuart Scott has died after a long fight with cancer. He was 49. pic.twitter.com/aI0TGwFqGU | We are heartbroken to report that Stuart Scott has died after a long fight with cancer. He was 49. pic.twitter.com/aI0TGwFqGU |
| — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 4, 2015 | — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 4, 2015 |
| "When you die, it does not mean you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, & in the manner in which you live" -Stu — ESPN (@espn) January 4, 2015 | "When you die, it does not mean you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, & in the manner in which you live" -Stu — ESPN (@espn) January 4, 2015 |
| "When you die, it does not mean you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, & in the manner in which you live" -Stu | "When you die, it does not mean you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, & in the manner in which you live" -Stu |
| — ESPN (@espn) January 4, 2015 | — ESPN (@espn) January 4, 2015 |
| Scott was one of the most recognizable and popular faces of ESPN, joining the network’s “Sports-Center” and NFL and NBA shows in 1993. | |
| Scott was first stricken with cancer when his appendix was removed in 2007. It recurred four years later and it returned in 2013. Scott fought the disease by working himself into shape with a mixed martial arts regimen that helped him cope with 58 infusions of chemotherapy and three extensive abdominal surgeries. He did not, he told the New York Times last March, know his prognosis. | |
| “I never ask what stage I’m in,” he said recently over lunch. “I haven’t wanted to know. It won’t change anything to me. All I know is that it would cause more worry and a higher degree of freakout. Stage 1, 2 or 8, it doesn’t matter. I’m trying to fight it the best I can.” | |
| The fight limited his appearances on the network. “There are some days when I say, I don’t know how he’s doing it,” Mark Gross, a senior vice president for production, told the Times in March. Yet he was conspicuous by his presence on the broadcasts, as recently as last month, when his “NFL Countdown” colleagues paid an emotional tribute to him before a Monday night game. | |
| Suzy Kolber, Steve Young, Trent Dilfer and Ray Lewis were joined by other crew members as Kolber broke down, saying: “I have the privilege of sitting in [Scott's] seat each week as he fights the fight with cancer. It’s been seven years and Stuart is the recipient of the Jimmy V Award for perseverance and he said in his amazing speech . . . that sometimes when you don’t have the strength you need your friends to step up a little bit and help you. So, Stuart, we want you to know we’re sending you some extra strength and to keep fighting that fight.” | Suzy Kolber, Steve Young, Trent Dilfer and Ray Lewis were joined by other crew members as Kolber broke down, saying: “I have the privilege of sitting in [Scott's] seat each week as he fights the fight with cancer. It’s been seven years and Stuart is the recipient of the Jimmy V Award for perseverance and he said in his amazing speech . . . that sometimes when you don’t have the strength you need your friends to step up a little bit and help you. So, Stuart, we want you to know we’re sending you some extra strength and to keep fighting that fight.” |
| Scott only in the last year or so went public with his private battle, opening up about it in the stirring speech that Kolber mentioned after receiving the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the ESPNs in July. (That award is, of course, named for the North Carolina State basketball coach who died of cancer in 1993.) | Scott only in the last year or so went public with his private battle, opening up about it in the stirring speech that Kolber mentioned after receiving the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the ESPNs in July. (That award is, of course, named for the North Carolina State basketball coach who died of cancer in 1993.) |
| “When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer,” Scott told the audience. “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.” | “When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer,” Scott told the audience. “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.” |
| In his third battle with the disease, Scott admitted at the ESPYs that he thinks of cancer “20 hours a day,” and offered his thanks to his family, his ESPN family and others. | In his third battle with the disease, Scott admitted at the ESPYs that he thinks of cancer “20 hours a day,” and offered his thanks to his family, his ESPN family and others. |
| “This whole fight, this journey thing, is not a solo venture,” he said. “This is something that requires support.” | “This whole fight, this journey thing, is not a solo venture,” he said. “This is something that requires support.” |
| In November, it was erroneously reported that he had entered hospice care and Scott shot back with a tweet that marked his seven-year-long attitude. | In November, it was erroneously reported that he had entered hospice care and Scott shot back with a tweet that marked his seven-year-long attitude. |
| “Hospice? No. fighting? YES!” | “Hospice? No. fighting? YES!” |
| Scott is survived by two daughters, his girlfriend and his ex-wife. |