He was traveling in Calabasas, California.
Photo: Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Kobe Bryant, the basketball star who spent the entirety of his 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers, has reportedly died at the age of 41. TMZ reports that Bryant and several other people were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning in Calabasas, California. The Los Angeles County Sheriffs department confirmed that a crash with “five people confirmed deceased and no survivors” occurred at around 10 a.m.
Throughout his tenured career with the Lakers, Bryant achieved an astounding amount of professional successes and milestones, which included five NBA Championship wins, 18 NBA All-Star titles, and two NBA Finals MVP accolades. He also lead Team USA to two consecutive gold medals at the Summer Olympics in 2008 and 2012. His numbers, 8 and 24, were subsequently retired by the Lakers upon his own retirement in 2016.
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