Kobe Bryant, the NBA star, Oscar winner, and pop culture icon, reportedly died Sunday at the age of 41
Bryant, who began playing for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996 and stayed there for his entire 20-year NBA career, was a globally famous athlete, a two-time gold-medal winning Olympian and, as the producer of the animated short film “Dear Basketball,” an Academy Award-winner. He was an 18-time NBA All-Star, and led the Lakers to five NBA championships.
In 2003, a 19-year-old hotel employee accused Bryant of rape, causing a significant scandal and transfixing the league for months. Though prosecutors later dropped the charges, the accuser filed a civil lawsuit that ended in an undisclosed settlement. The short animated film “Dear Basketball” was based on a poem he wrote in 2015, as he contemplated his retirement from the game. When the film was nominated for an Oscar , Bryant told
, “This is … a form of validation for people to look and say, ‘OK, he really can do something other than dribble and shoot.” ”
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