Stuart Scott's daughters film emotional tribute to father one year after his death

Posted Jan 4, 2016
In this stunning video from Dear World, Stuart Scott’s daughters, Taelor (20) and Sydni Scott (16), write a letter to their father on the one-year anniversary of his death. Scott, a legendary ESPN announcer and SportsCenter host, passed away on January 4th of last year from cancer, a disease he had first been diagnosed with in 2007. He was 49. (Taelor & Sydni Scott)

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