Bryant is reported to have suffered a massive stroke recently and died at the age of 69.
The Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, right, has a laugh with his father, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, prior to participating in a pickup basketball game at the Kobe Bryant Basketball Academy at Loyola Marymount University, on Thursday, July 5, 2007. Joe Bryant died this month at age 69. of his death. Fran Dunphy, the head basketball coach at La Salle University, told the paper that Joe Bryant recently suffered a massive stroke. Joe Bryant played two seasons of college basketball at La Salle in Philadelphia.
Joe Bryant played college basketball at La Salle from 1973-75 before playing for the 76ers, Clippers and Rockets from 1975-83. He also played professionally in Europe, including Italy, before moving his family back to the Philadelphia area where Kobe Bryant played his high school basketball at Lower Merion High School.
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