ESPN's Stuart Scott dies at 49 after battle with cancer

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Scott announced he was undergoing cancer treatment in Jan. 2013 and has been a source of inspiration since that announcement.

At the 2014 ESPY Awards, Scott received the Jimmy V Perserverance Award and delivered this emotional speech.

His co-workers on "Monday Night Football" and students at his alma mater, North Carolina, had recently rallied around him.

“ESPN and everyone in the sports world have lost a true friend and a uniquely inspirational figure in Stuart Scott,” ESPN president John Skipper said in a news release.  “Who engages in mixed martial arts training in the midst of chemotherapy treatments?   Who leaves a hospital procedure to return to the set?  His energetic and unwavering devotion to his family and to his work while fighting the battle of his life left us in awe, and he leaves a void that can never be replaced.”

Scott is survived by his two daughters, Taelor, 19, and Sydni, 15; his parents, O. Ray and Jacqueline Scott; and his three siblings Stephen Scott, Synthia Kearney, Susan Scott and their families, according to a news release.

Hannah Storm delivered the news, the unthinkably sad news that a colleague has died, on "SportsCenter" Sunday morning.

ESPN released this touching 15-minute tribute to Scott this morning. (Only viewable on desktop.)

His former "SportsCenter" co-anchor, Rich Eisen, was teary eyed discussing Scott's passing.

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