NBA player Kobe Bryant has died in a California helicopter crash, reports said. He was 41 years old. The retired Los Angeles Lakers star was going in his private helicopter over Calabasas for a basketball game when a fire broke out, sending the chopper spiraling from the sky, by TMZ Sports.
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The accident happened around 10 a.m. neighborhood time amid foggy conditions in the slopes sitting above Calabasas, with the Sikorsky S-76 chopper starting a wildfire on sway that hampered the journey, as indicated by The Los Angeles Times, which affirmed the passing of Bryant and four others on board.
Bryant’s wife Vanessa was not among those on board the chopper, yet his 13-year-old little girl Gianna was, as per reports. The family is survived by the couple’s other three girls: Natalia, 17; Bianka, 3; and Capri Kobe Bryant, brought into the world last June.
Bryant, a Philadelphia star, featured for two decades with the Lakers, winning five titles and making 18 All-Star Games before hanging up his shoes following the 2016 season.
MMA Community Reacts on Kobe Bryant’s death
Kobe Bryant’s family has received love and support from around the world. Bryant has left a legacy behind his name for the sport. To celebrate that legacy, many MMA fighters took to social media to pass their wishes to Bryant’s family and show their support in such an untimely hour.
Horrible!!!! RIP my man 😞🙏🏻
A million apologies and condolences we just lost a super athlete #ripKobe
Terribly sad 😭 RIP to a legend who meant so much to so many. You will be remembered forever as the champion you are.🙏
No way. So sad 🙏🏼
Horrible!!!! RIP my man 😞🙏🏻
RIP to a real leader and motivator #KobeBryant #8 #24
Just sad man... Woke up to the news and it’s sad az.
😭😭😭😭😭 R.I.P.
#BREAKING: According to @TMZ reports #KobeBryant has passed away in a helicopter crash 💔 Please join us in sending our deepest condolences to the Bryant family and everyone in LA at this moment. Story developing 🙏🏽✨ • 📸: @GettyImages
Bruh wtf !?!?!!?!!??!!!
Profoundly sad day.
Speechless 😶
One of the greatest athletes of all time . RIP KOBE BRYANT 😢 🙏🏾
I’ll rephrase my last tweet since everyone wants to talk shit. TMZ just reported that Kobe Bryant has passed away in a helicopter crash in Calabasas. I hope it’s not true but if it is, my condolences go out to his family and the millions of lives he positively impacted. 💔
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Kobe Bryant was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash, as first reported by TMZ and confirmed by @wojespn. He was 41.
What!? Is this really true? 😥
Can’t believe what I just heard. My heart is broken. God bless his family. @kobebryant
Damn RIP Kobe. That meme with him talking to his duaghter at the game hit hard man 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
I just had 2 people message me that Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash. I don’t believe this. Is this for real?
Speechless! Rest Easy G.O.A.T. @kobebryant @ Homewood, Alabama instagram.com/p/B7y6EIoJbmu/…
RIP Mamba 😢
BREAKING: Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar and future NBA Hall of Famer, died on Sunday in a helicopter crash. He was 41. Officials confirm to @Variety that Bryant was a passenger on board a helicopter that crashed in Calabasas yhoo.it/3aHPxTr
OMG KOBE !!! 💔
So tragic 😞 prayers to his family 🙏🏼
Horrible!!!! RIP my man 😞🙏🏻
RIP Legend to a legend Kobe Bryant🙏🏻
WTF Kobe’s really dead? 😳
Kobe had an invincible aura to him, almost god-like. It’s crazy to think something like this could happen to him #RIP
I’m speechless...
MAMBA MENTALITY 💔
Man this is so sad. R.I.P 🙏🏽
Kobe Bryant was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash, as first reported by TMZ and confirmed by @wojespn. He was 41.
Can anyone confirm is this is accurate or fake?!?! I dont know how to digest this😕 Kobe Bryant Dies in Helicopter Crash in Calabasas tmz.com/2020/01/26/kob… via @TMZ
It’s hard to believe
#RIP Kobe Bryant. Such a tragedy.
Wow 😳.... Life is precious. RIP Legend
BREAKING: Kobe Bryant Has Died In A Helicopter Crash trib.al/DhlPqtE
Man Kobe was one of my fav/ greatest athletes of all time 💔. RIP to a great one
Damn, this one hurts. #KobeBryant
RIP to the legend @kobebryant Honestly can’t even believe that this news is true. Growing up wasn’t a Kobe/Laker fan, but couldn’t help to admire, appreciate, and respect the competitor that he was, and all that he… instagram.com/p/B7y-rE6BrVU/…
Kobe Bryant will forever remain a basketball GOAT
Kobe Bryant’s death has taken the entire MMA community by shock. Dana White, Daniel Cormier, and Nunes also took to twitter to show their love and support to Kobe Bryant. The five-time NBA champion was no more unusual to the universe of combat fighting. While he never contended, the man named “The Black Mamba” frequently plunged his toe into the world of MMA with undertakings, for example, ESPN’s “Nitty gritty,” including former UFC champion Daniel Cormier, and his drink Body Armor, which has been unmistakably highlighted everytime on the scales at formal weigh-ins and public interviews.
We, at Essentially Sports take this platform to convey strength and love to Kobe’s family and friends.