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Daniel stands in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, jeans and a mottled blue hooded jacket.

He says WELCOME TO
TVOK NEWS.
I'M YOUR NEWS ANCHOR,
DANIEL,
AND THIS IS
WHAT'S HAPPENING.

On a screen behind him appears a picture of Stephen Hawking with the caption "Stephen Hawking. 1942-2018."

Daniel says TVO KIDS, TODAY THE WORLD
LOST AN INCREDIBLE SCIENTIST,
STEPHEN HAWKING.
MANY HAVE SAID THAT HE WAS
THE GREATEST SCIENTIST
OF THIS GENERATION.
STEPHEN HAWKING MADE A LOT OF
VERY IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES
ABOUT HOW OUR
UNIVERSE BEGAN.
BLACK HOLES WERE THOUGHT TO BE
BOTTOMLESS GRAVITATIONAL PITS
IN SPACE SO DEEP, THAT NOT EVEN
LIGHT COULD ESCAPE THEM.
BUT HE DISCOVERED
THAT BLACK HOLES
WERE NOT COMPLETELY BLACK.
THAT THEY MIGHT NOT
BE DESTROYERS,
BUT IN FACT CREATORS,
IN THE UNIVERSE.
NOW STEPHEN HAWKING ALSO
SUFFERED FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE
FROM THE DISEASE ALS,
WHICH LEFT HIM
ALMOST COMPLETELY PARALYZED,
AND UNABLE TO SPEAK.
HE NEVER LET HIS DISABILITY
STOP HIM, THOUGH.
HE USED A SPECIALIZED
COMPUTER
TO COMMUNICATE
VOCALLY WITH OTHERS.
HERE IS MY FAVOURITE
QUOTE FROM HIM:
"BE CURIOUS, AND HOWEVER
DIFFICULT LIFE MAY SEEM,
"THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
YOU CAN DO AND SUCCEED AT."
WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY PERSON,
AND A GREAT SCIENTIST.
STAY TUNED, TVO KIDS,
BECAUSE WE HAVE
MORE NEWS HEADLINES
COMING UP NEXT.

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