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Stuart Scott

Facts of Stuart Scott

Date of Birth: 1965 , July-19
Date of Death: 2015 , January-4
Birth Nation: United States
Height: 6 Feet

Quick Timeline of Stuart Scott

1965 Born in Chicago, Illinois
1983 Graduated from Richard J Reynolds High School
1987 Graduated from University of North Carolina
1987 Joined WPDE-TV
1990 Joined WESH
2002 Became the studio host for NBA on ESPN
1993 Married to Kimberley Alice Emmons
2007 Divorced with Kimberley Alice Emmons
2014 Began dating Kristin Spodobalski
2002 Got an injury in his eye
2007 Diagnosed with a cancer
2014 Won ESPY Awards
2004 Nominated in Sports Emmy Awards
2015 Died of cancer
1998 Began his acting career

Detail Timeline of Stuart Scott

July 19 , 1965

Born in Chicago, Illinois

Stuart Scott was from the middle class family born as Stuart Orlando Scott in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America to O. Ray and Jacqueline Scott. He was an American and was of white ethnicity. He was six feet tall. 

1983

Graduated from Richard J Reynolds High School

Though he was born in Chicago, Illinois, he spends most of his childhood days in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. There he joined Mount Tabor High School and then he transferred to Richard J. Reynolds High School and he graduated from there in 1983.

1987

Graduated from University of North Carolina

An avid athlete who completed his high school graduation from Richard J. Reynolds High School, Stuart joined University of North Carolina in 1983 and then he majored in speech communication. He also graduated from there and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1987.

1987

Joined WPDE-TV

Soon after graduating from University of North Carolina, he began his professional career.  Though he was interested in football, he began his career as a news reporter and weekend sports anchor. He worked at WPDE-TV for just about a year.

1990

Joined WESH

After working at WPDE-TV for about a year, he joined WRAL-TV 5 as a news reporter and served them for the next two years. And then he joined WESH. He worked there as a sports reporter and sports anchor.

2002

Became the studio host for NBA on ESPN

He has been reporting the news about the NBC after he joined WESH in 1990. After that he also became more interested in NBA. He finally joined NBA on ESPN and that was in 2002. He was hired by the ESPN’s vice president, as he found some quality in Stuart that attracts younger audience.

1993

Married to Kimberley Alice Emmons

In March 1993, Stuart got married to Kimberley Alice Emmons. As a loving spouse they also became parents twice. It is also said that before they got married with the start of 1993, they also dated each other for few years.

January 2 , 2007

Divorced with Kimberley Alice Emmons

His love life and one and half decade of married life finally came to an end with the start of 2007. He finally dissolved his married life with Kimberley Alice Emmons on 2nd of January 2007. The actual reason about the divorce is unknown.

2014

Began dating Kristin Spodobalski

After he dissolved his first and only married life with Kimberley Alice Emmons, he remained single for the next half decade. But with the start of 2014, he was seen with Kristin Spodobalski having romantic love affairs with her.

April 3 , 2002

Got an injury in his eye

He spends most of his life in the mini-camp and also on several football grounds but he was never injured. However, on 3rd of April, he was cursed as her got a serious eye injury that day. After that he went on a serious surgery.

2007

Diagnosed with a cancer

2007 was the bad year for his as his only married life also came to an end after being married for about one and half decade. That year, he was also diagnosed with a cancer. He also went on a surgery to remove part of his colon and some of his lymph nodes.

July 16 , 2014

Won ESPY Awards

Stuart Scott was one of the reputed sportscaster and anchor on ESPN from United States. He was also leading an example in United States by fighting against the cancer since a long time and for that he was honored with the ESPY Awards along with Jimmy V Award for his ongoing battle against cancer.

2004

Nominated in Sports Emmy Awards

He was nominated in lots of prestigious awards and he had also been honored with several of them. In 2004, He got his first nomination in Sports Emmy Awards and that was for Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Host.

January 4 , 2015

Died of cancer

Reputed sportscaster and anchor on ESPN, Stuart Scott who was fighting against the cancer since the last the decade, lost his life to cancer with the start of 2015. He lost his life in his own home in Avon, Connecticut.

1998

Began his acting career

Stuart Scott was also an actor and he was also popular for his appearance in the movies like He Got Game, Mr. 3000, Love Don’t Cost a Thing and many more. He made his acting debut in 1998 and that was from the movie, He Got Game.

Content

In March 1993, Stuart got married to Kimberley Alice Emmons. As a loving spouse they also became parents twice. However, this married life came to an end with the start of 2007. At the end of his life, he had love affairs with Kristin Spodobalski.

Stuart received his formal education from Mount Tabor High School and then he joined Richard J. Reynolds High School and he graduated from there in 1983. After that he joined University of North Carolina. Though he was interested in football, he began his career as a news reporter and weekend sports anchor soon after his graduation from there. He worked at WPDE-TV for just about a year and then he joined WRAL-TV 5 as a news reporter and served them for the next two years. The real figure about his salary was unknown but his net worth is expected to be around $15 million during his death.

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