I am totally speechless. One of the the best players in NBA history and one of my all time favorites, Kobe Bryant is dead, after a helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California earlier today. This is shocking, horrific and no words can describe how I and millions of others feel today. First reports came from TMZ, and I refused to believe it, hoping it was some sick joke or a hack. Turns out it wasn’t. Kobe Bryant was just 41 years old and he and his wife just had another baby a few months ago.
| Kobe Bryant – one of the greatest NBA players in history dies in helicopter crash in Calabasas |
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Kobe Bryant was flying on his personal helicopter that caught fire in Calabasas.
RIP Kobe, you were the best. A warrior and did whatever it took to win.
BREAKING: Kobe Bryant Has Died In A Helicopter Crash https://t.co/42oINV9ZUU
— TMZ (@TMZ) January 26, 2020
Dam RIP to one of the greatest players to ever play the game. @kobebryant you will always and forever be missed. Sad you had to go so soon but you know they always said the good die young. Smh😞
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) January 26, 2020
BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash, according to multiple Southern California media reports.
— Star Tribune (@StarTribune) January 26, 2020
#BREAKING: Kobe Bryant, the NBA and MVP who spanned a 20-year career with the L.A. Lakers, died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas. He was 41.
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 26, 2020
Multiple confirmed reports Kobe Bryant has died in a plane crash outside of Los Angeles.
To lose Kobe and David Stern in 25 days is an unfathomable gut punch to the NBA, its fans and its community.
Two men whose impact on the game was, quite simply, monumental. #RIP
— Bonnie Bernstein (@BonnieBernstein) January 26, 2020