CALABASAS, Calif. - Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA’s all-time greatest players whose international stardom transcended basketball, was killed at age 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others on board, officials said.
His Sikorsky S-76 chopper went down in foggy weather around 10 a.m. in hilly terrain in Calabasas, California, about 40 miles northwest of central Los Angeles, sparking a brush fire, officials said. Among the others on board, in addition to the pilot, were a teammate from Bryant’s daughter’s basketball team and a parent of the teammate, NBC News reported.Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli was also one of the victims, the Orange County Register reported, citing assistant coach Ron La Ruffa.Reaction to Bryant’s death was swift, and moments of silence were observed before some of Sunday’s NBA games.
Stunned fans gathered near the Lakers’ home arena - the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles - surrounding a wreath with a message: “Kobe we love you RIP.” He also won an Oscar, along with Glen Keane, for the 2017 animated short film “Dear Basketball,” and sometimes mingled with show-business stars in Los Angeles.“Most people will remember Kobe as the magnificent athlete who inspired a whole generation of basketball players. But I will always remember him as a man who was much more than an athlete,” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the all-time NBA scoring leader and former Laker, said on Twitter.
And only was accused of rape by one teenager, yeah what a great guy.
Praise God for providing us talented people such as Kobe Bryant to demonstrate traits, skills and behaviors in which to emulate. God be with the family & friends of those who perished in this horrific tragedy, and those who admired Kobe for having been a true🏀🏆8/24 RIP
Kobe Bryant was one of the greatest basketball players of all time, but he’s also faced a very credible rape accusation where the woman was choked and submitted to a rape-kit test which found injuries “not consistent with consensual sex”
And he rarely raped anyone!
RIP Kobe KobeRIP
Ritual sacrifice!
So heartbreaking,😢 RIP
CarlosZarateV Violador
now do one for the people killed on the Iranian airliner, you know the one that got shot down
I don't follow basketball but r.i.p from england ,south Yorkshire. Rotherham xxxxx
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