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Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash
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Kobe, daughter Gianna die in helicopter crash
Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna died Sunday in a helicopter crash in California.
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Watched this on Sunday Morning a couple of months ago, so interesting he created a "content studio", was getting into publishing, writing, etc.
Kobe Bryant wants to be known as a storyteller
Kobe Bryant’s legendary mindset and work ethic helped the NBA's third all-time leading scorer win five championships, an Olympic gold medal and a guaranteed spot in basketball's hall of fame. It's also the same mindset he's taken into "retirement." Dana Jacobson reports
www.cbsnews.com
Absolutely devastated. This was an all time great basketball player who had a lot of great things left to achieve in his life. My thoughts are with the family in this tough time.
I don’t consider myself to be a very emotional person, and I’ve witness/observed quite a few tragedies working as an L.E officer over the years with deaths/fatals, horrific crashes, you name it, and I typically am never phased...
But this announcement....literally left me stunned for like 5 minutes where I couldn’t process what I just heard.
I found out that he passed away in the helicopter crash, and it almost brought tears to my eyes, as I grew up idling him (I watched his very last game where he scored 60 PTs), and I loved basketball as my main sport when I was in high school. I think anyone who wasn’t even a basketball fan, appreciated Kobe Bryant for his talent and what he stood for in terms of being The best you can be.
Aside from his passing, I feel for his wife Vanessa, as they also lost his daughter on board the helicopter as well. I just can’t imagine her world is completely flipped upside down on another level.
The All-Star weekend is coming in two weeks, and I’m sure there will be a tribute to Kobe and his family.
The ‘Black Mamba’ Will never be forgotten and his achievements as a person in and outside the NBA.
But this announcement....literally left me stunned for like 5 minutes where I couldn’t process what I just heard.
I found out that he passed away in the helicopter crash, and it almost brought tears to my eyes, as I grew up idling him (I watched his very last game where he scored 60 PTs), and I loved basketball as my main sport when I was in high school. I think anyone who wasn’t even a basketball fan, appreciated Kobe Bryant for his talent and what he stood for in terms of being The best you can be.
Aside from his passing, I feel for his wife Vanessa, as they also lost his daughter on board the helicopter as well. I just can’t imagine her world is completely flipped upside down on another level.
The All-Star weekend is coming in two weeks, and I’m sure there will be a tribute to Kobe and his family.
The ‘Black Mamba’ Will never be forgotten and his achievements as a person in and outside the NBA.
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I totally forgot about that. I’m sure they’ll plan something last minute to arrange a moment where they will acknowledge him, being that’s where Kobe played 20 years of his career.
This is very very sad news.
Yesterday, LeBron James passed Kobe's all-time point total to become #3 all-time NBA scorer. Kobe's tweeted to congratulate LeBron. That might have been his last message to anyone else.
Yesterday, LeBron James passed Kobe's all-time point total to become #3 all-time NBA scorer. Kobe's tweeted to congratulate LeBron. That might have been his last message to anyone else.
Very sad and tragic day.
I grew up in the "Jordan Era" (MJ was my ultimate role model as far as basketball goes) but I have a ton of respect for Kobe as a person and basketball player.
It is even worse that now his wife Vanessa has to bury her husband, and one of her daughters!
Truly a heartbreaking day, Godspeed to the Bryant family!
I grew up in the "Jordan Era" (MJ was my ultimate role model as far as basketball goes) but I have a ton of respect for Kobe as a person and basketball player.
It is even worse that now his wife Vanessa has to bury her husband, and one of her daughters!
Truly a heartbreaking day, Godspeed to the Bryant family!
I Just can’t imagine being in that helicopter as it was spiraling down, what was he thinking the last time probably looking at his daughters face (She was 13) or what his final words would he would have said knowingly that he would not survive the crash.
This has been a poor start to the 2020 year for the NBA, David Stern the [Previous commissioner] passing about two weeks back, and now Kobe Bryant with this fatal accident.
The media is actually reporting nine total occupants were on board. Not that this is a priority, I’m curious to to know what caused the crash, which the NTSB will probably release the details once the investigation has been concluded.
This has been a poor start to the 2020 year for the NBA, David Stern the [Previous commissioner] passing about two weeks back, and now Kobe Bryant with this fatal accident.
The media is actually reporting nine total occupants were on board. Not that this is a priority, I’m curious to to know what caused the crash, which the NTSB will probably release the details once the investigation has been concluded.
It felt like he was just getting started. Earning an Academy award seemed like the first step.Watched this on Sunday Morning a couple of months ago, so interesting he created a "content studio", was getting into publishing, writing, etc.
Kobe Bryant wants to be known as a storyteller
Kobe Bryant’s legendary mindset and work ethic helped the NBA's third all-time leading scorer win five championships, an Olympic gold medal and a guaranteed spot in basketball's hall of fame. It's also the same mindset he's taken into "retirement." Dana Jacobson reportswww.cbsnews.com
TMZ is now reporting nine people were onboard the helicopter (previously it was 5).
Absolutely heart breaking
This is just getting more tragic by the hour.
Condolences to his family, cannot imagine what his wife and remaking daughters are going through, absolutely awful
He’s the player that kept me interested in the NBA after Michael Jordan retired. As a father, I hate learning of his daughter’s death as well. May all families involved find some sort of peace during this trying time.
Man this is completely heartbreaking. I wasn't a Lakers Fan but Kobe is the MJ to my generation. Living in both LA and Boston, I saw the Love and Hate for him. You Hated him but respected him at the same time. The way he carried himself in and out of the basketball court was just completely different. He was a go getter! Always trying to put his team in the position to win. When reports came out that his daughter was with him, the heartbreak got bigger. All afternoon i kept thinking of those last seconds in that helicopter. The looks that him and Gigi had to share, the last words that they said to each other. It makes me shiver just thinking of that. RIP Kobe & Gigi.
