Kobe Bryant, a Hall of Fame basketball player who won five NBA championships wit...
- Kobe Bryant, a Hall of Fame basketball player who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, died aged 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash in California.
FILE PHOTO: Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant loses control of the ball during Game 1 of their NBA Western Conference first round playoff basketball game against the New Orleans Hornets in Los Angeles, California April 17, 2011. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo“Reports are that basketball great Kobe Bryant and three others have been killed in a helicopter crash in California.
“We are stunned and devastated by the news of the sudden passing of Kobe Bryant. Words cannot express his impact on our Players, the NBA and the game of basketball. This is a monumental loss for the entire basketball community and our hearts are quite simply broken. We send love and prayers out to his wife Vanessa and the entire family.”“Janet and I have no words to describe our shock and sadness on the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant today. Praying for him and his family.
Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, Rory Carroll in Los Angeles and Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Daniel Wallis
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