Kobe Bryant, who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and was considered one of basketball's all-time greats, was killed in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday morning, officials said. He was 41.
"This is a moment that leaves us struggling to find words that express the magnitude of shock and sorrow we are all feeling right now, and I am keeping Kobe's entire family in my prayers at this time of unimaginable grief," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement. Bryant had been known to use a helicopter for travel since his days as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers, when he commuted to games in a Sikorsky S-76 chopper, the celebrity news website TMZ said.
WATCH: LA County Sheriff press conference following death of basketballer Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash | Read more: https://t.co/AJ649R2rzf https://t.co/RuKpszvKQ2 Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, had four daughters: Gianna, Natalia, Bianca and Capri, who was born in June 2019.
It’s been 5 people here in LA, haven’t heard 9. Kobe, his daughter, daughters teammate, teammates mother and Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli.
Not 9...v.sad.
So sad 😔
9 or 5? Typo?
So sad may they Rest in peace
Oh crap! That's a shock! I don't follow NBA much but even I knew what a legend he was. And his daughter was killed too? That's horrible! What an awful thing to happen.
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