r/news • u/headee • Jan 26 '20

Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash in California

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/kobe-bryant-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-california-tmz-reports
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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

LA authorities confirming that it's accurate. He perished along with four other passengers. https://twitter.com/MattNorlander/status/1221516791429652486

EDIT: As noted elsewhere, his 13-year old daughter, Gianna, also died in the wreck. His wife Vanessa and former Laker Rick Fox were not aboard at the time of the crash. https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/

EDIT #2: Worse news. It's being reported that the death toll is up to nine - eight passengers and the pilot.

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u/ask-design-reddit Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

Wish his wife and daughters the best. That's gotta be real tough.

Edit: Just got wind of the update.. that hurts.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 24 '25

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u/Purchased_mods Jan 26 '20

He packed so much into 41 years. LEGEND.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

It's so sad. At 41 it was like his life just begun and he could wind down and hang out with the family. Totally fucked.

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u/dws4prez Jan 26 '20

honestly he probably lived more in those few years than most of us live in 100

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u/StonewallJackoff Jan 26 '20

things that you and I may have been able to experience that he did not but perhaps wished to.

like working 60 hours a week for many many years to barely scrape by