Kobe Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, according to TMZ and confirmed by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Kobe Bryant was 41.
BREAKING: Kobe Bryant Has Died In A Helicopter Crash https://t.co/42oINV9ZUU
— TMZ (@TMZ) January 26, 2020
TMZ’s also reporting that Kobe Bryant’s daughter Gigi was also on the helicopter and died. They were reportedly on their way to her basketball practice at the Mamba Academy when the accident occurred.
#BREAKING: Kobe's daughter Gianna Maria was also on board the helicopter and died in the crash https://t.co/1n7U8bvqhI
— TMZ (@TMZ) January 26, 2020
Kobe Bryant is among those dead in a helicopter crash outside Los Angeles, a source confirms to ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 26, 2020
The area where Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crashed outside Los Angeles:
#Update Downed aircraft is a helicopter. Flames extinguished. #Malibu deputies at crash site looking for survivors, 4200 blk Las Virgenes Rd #Calabasas #LASD pic.twitter.com/eixLhGhLyE
— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) January 26, 2020
It was ordinary business for Kobe to take a helicopter into the city. Going back to 2010, GQ wrote about Kobe’s commute and how that was his way to get to work.
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