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OT: Kobe Bryant is dead
La times article
Helicopter crash
Kobe Bryant, the legendary basketball star who spent 20 years with the Los Angeles Lakers, was killed Sunday when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed and burst into flames Sunday morning amid foggy conditions in the hills above Calabasas, sources told the L.A. Times.
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
Sad news. He and four others died in the crash. He was traveling from Newport Beach to the Staples Center is what I just heard on the radio, although the crash was in Calabasas which is quite a bit northwest of downtown LA, so maybe that part of the story is wrong.
Just 41 - leaves a wife and four girls (including a 7-month-old born last summer). RIP.
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01-26-2020 03:13 PM |
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
Very sad. Thank God his wife and daughters were not on the helicopter. RIP
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01-26-2020 03:15 PM |
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
Sounds identical to the Helicopter crash that killed Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Awful, he was just 41
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01-26-2020 03:26 PM |
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
(01-26-2020 03:15 PM)No Bull Wrote: Very sad. Thank God his wife and daughters were not on the helicopter. RIP
Media is reporting his four daughters were on the helicopter. His wife was not.
I can not imagine the immeasurable pain for her. I'm not sure I could go on. I'm not sure I would want to. Her whole world went down with that crash.
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01-26-2020 03:27 PM |
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
(01-26-2020 03:27 PM)mptnstr@44 Wrote: (01-26-2020 03:15 PM)No Bull Wrote: Very sad. Thank God his wife and daughters were not on the helicopter. RIP
Media is reporting his four daughters were on the helicopter. His wife was not.
I can not imagine the immeasurable pain for her. I'm not sure I could go on. I'm not sure I would want to. Her whole world went down with that crash.
I’ve only seen one source say that, and think it’s wrong. 5 dead — Kobe plus his daughters plus the pilot would be 6. Also, why would a 7-month old be on a helicopter without the mother?
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01-26-2020 03:33 PM |
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
Man I hope the report about the kids is wrong. His oldest is just 17.
Just awful
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01-26-2020 03:36 PM |
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
(01-26-2020 03:33 PM)Kronke Wrote: (01-26-2020 03:27 PM)mptnstr@44 Wrote: (01-26-2020 03:15 PM)No Bull Wrote: Very sad. Thank God his wife and daughters were not on the helicopter. RIP
Media is reporting his four daughters were on the helicopter. His wife was not.
I can not imagine the immeasurable pain for her. I'm not sure I could go on. I'm not sure I would want to. Her whole world went down with that crash.
I’ve only seen one source say that, and think it’s wrong. 5 dead — Kobe plus his daughters plus the pilot would be 6. Also, why would a 7-month old be on a helicopter without the mother?
I'm sure in the fog of getting the wreckage and bodies accounted for it could change. Just reporting what ABC news reported. I hope his children were not on the helicopter for his wife's sake.
As for men flying without wives but with babies...my husband flew with our son without me when our son was a baby. Could be mom was going to meet the family a the Staples Center later so Kobe took the kids with him.
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
(01-26-2020 03:27 PM)mptnstr@44 Wrote: (01-26-2020 03:15 PM)No Bull Wrote: Very sad. Thank God his wife and daughters were not on the helicopter. RIP
Media is reporting his four daughters were on the helicopter. His wife was not.
I can not imagine the immeasurable pain for her. I'm not sure I could go on. I'm not sure I would want to. Her whole world went down with that crash.
Where are you seeing that? Seeing it a lot on twitter but nowhere official.
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01-26-2020 03:43 PM |
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
Actually TMZ (who broke the initial story of the crash) is now reporting his 13-year-old daughter was on board, and they were heading to Thousand Oaks for basketball practice. Very, very sad.
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01-26-2020 03:43 PM |
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
One outlet just reported that Kobe often flew that copter himself.
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01-26-2020 03:46 PM |
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RIP
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01-26-2020 04:03 PM |
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
Now reporting it was Kobe and his daughter Gigi (Gianna) that were killed along with three others.
(This post was last modified: 01-26-2020 04:18 PM by mptnstr@44.)
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
Quote:NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter were among five people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday, a source confirmed to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Bryant was 41.
Bryant was on his way to a travel basketball game with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant when the helicopter crashed, sources told Wojnarowski. Those aboard the helicopter also included another player and parent. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, there were no survivors of the crash. An investigation is ongoing.
The crash comes one day after Bryant was passed by Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James for third place on the NBA's all-time scoring list. As late as 10:39 p.m. ET on Saturday, Bryant was active on social media, congratulating James on Twitter during the Lakers' 108-91 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Bryant was married to Vanessa Laine Bryant in 2001, and they had four daughters together. His father, Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, is also a former NBA player.
A moment of silence was held at the first NBA game of the day Sunday -- the Nuggets' contest against the Rockets in Denver. In San Antonio, after the initial tip-off, the Raptors and Spurs each allowed 24 seconds to run off the clock on the first two possessions without playing.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2856...pter-crash
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
"https://www.businessinsider.com/kobe-bryant-last-tweet-death-congratulates-lebron-james-nba-scoring-2020-1"
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RE: Kobe Bryant is dead
Prayers for those family members left behind in this tragedy.
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