Hoping this isn't true.

Kobe Bryant died in a helicoper crash in Calabasas Sunday morning ... TMZ Sports has confirmed.

Kobe was traveling with at least 3 other people in his private helicopter when it went down. A fire broke out. Emergency personnel responded, but nobody on board survived. 5 people are confirmed dead. We're told Vanessa Bryant was not among those on board.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Breking everywhere!

https://www.tmz.com/2020/...calabasas/


I though he was a crap husnand but he was a Great Player and Yes I would have liked if he was on 'my team.'


RIP!

Yeah I will go edit the topic I put in the wrong place this is sad

Tragic news. My prayers go out to his family and the families of the others who perished.


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[Edited 1/26/20 11:58am]

In complete shock!! omg

I hated him in sports but he was a human and very young. omg

Why we need regulations. So many celebrities die in flights. They do it to duck paparrazzi. omg again. RIP. Shaq will be in tears,

He had 4 daughters, the youngest was born in June of 2019.

OMG, they are saying his daughter also died in the crash.

PennyPurple said:

The only detail I heard is his wife was NOT on the helicopter. I feel so bad for her loss.

Even worse *IF* she lost a child or children too.

[Edited 1/26/20 14:03pm]

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, 41, and his daughter Gianna, 13, are killed in Calabasas helicopter crash during 70-mile 'foggy' journey to his Mamba Academy for practice along with seven others


https://www.dailymail.co....LZUY6z_55E

Shocking.

Spurs and Raptors honour Kobe Bryant by running down 24 second shot clock


https://www.cbc.ca/sports...-1.5441161

RIP

Cinny said:

The only detail I heard is his wife was NOT on the helicopter. I feel so bad for her loss.

Even worse *IF* she lost a child or children too.

Yeah, it seems his 13 year old daughter was with him. They were headed to his Mamba Basketball Academy, about 15 miles from the crash site. 7 other people (originally reported as 3) were also on board. One was a college coach.

I'm not a sports fan, but he was 41. Just horrible overall.

Life is so short. Rest in peace to all the victims.

So heartbreaking.

What a life he lived.

2freaky4church1 said:

In complete shock!! omg

I hated him in sports but he was a human and very young. omg

Why we need regulations. So many celebrities die in flights. They do it to duck paparrazzi. omg again. RIP. Shaq will be in tears,

Yes... Such sad news.

there was fog, what were they thinking?

I don't usually cry when celebrities die, but this felt like a sudden kick in the teeth for me. I cried in 2016 when Bowie and Prince died, and I've cried now with Kobe's death. Bryant/O'Neal's Lakers is what turned me into a NBA/L.A.Lakers fan, as a 14-15 yo (I liked Jordan but never cared for the Bulls, I rooted for the Jazz in 1998).

Retiring as a Basketball/NBA legend and then winning an Oscar just to die in a meaningless helicopter accident just shows how fragile we are. Death is not meaningless, but accidents are. I'll never understand the fixation of celebrities with helicopters (flying death traps). His daughter also dying left me numb; I went to bed early yesterday, I felt empty.

A father of a boy with cancer called in to say that Kobe was so kind and generous with his son. (It was a 'make a wish' type thing).

He said he was so genuine. He also said that Kobe had already spent one-on ones with over 200 kids with cancer.

Had to reach for the tissue box on this one. I wasn't a huge fan but I give him his props. Shocked by how much it affected me. I'm ok until I start thinking of his daughter. When your number comes up in that rolodex that is an appointment none of us will be late for.

Let us put pettiness behind us and live and love.

This one bothers me a lot. On the scale of Prince, for some reason. It's not like I 100% followed Kobe. But damn, I feel for his wife and other daughters, and the other families.

And what a damn loss, as he was coming into his own.

Things like this never makes sense to me.