I'll take a guess at answering the question of "
The Great One".
Could be waay off the track but here goes. Actually got me thinking - she's good...!
My wild guess...
As the star approaches the event horizon- the point of no return, doom city, asta la vista baby, and all that, the black hole slowly draws the star into it by shredding apart and devouring its layers of gas. As the gas is slowly stripped from the star, it's not so hot because it is no longer a compact, dense fuel, element burning object - as it's now become streams of gas that are entering the black hole.
Now, I'm also guessing, there will be no core available either by the time it's outer gases have been shredded, because the events which had taken place earlier would have made the core collapse.
My above post may reflect a grand imagination
Or stupidity
Or perhaps the need to read more ..., "Astronomy For Dummies" comes to mind.
Or (by some chance) end up looking really smart if I got it correct
