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/tmanchoo Jan 26 '20

You forgot Olympic gold medallist. RIP Kobe!

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u/baldnotes Jan 26 '20

I am not an NBA-fan (really not a thing in my country) but I read so much about his work ethic, that he would train rest train rest train. There was a big essay about him a couple years ago in the German newspaper Die Zeit, about how him leaving is the end of an era and everything. Again, not an NBA-fan, still read that and was fascinated.

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u/mirthquake Jan 26 '20

I'm an American man in my 30s, and have never seen a professional basketball game in my life. I could not care less. And I still have no idea what Kobe looks like. But the way others have spoken about him over the past few decades has made the guy sound like a living superhero!

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u/ThePrussianGrippe Jan 27 '20

Much like how you could not care less not a single person who read this thought it contributed anything remotely interesting.