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NBA legend Kobe Bryant dies

The retired NBA legend Kobe Bryant (41) along with his teen daughter died in a helicopter crash in Claifornia on Sunday. Along with Kobe and his daughter Gianna, others five have been killed in the crash. No survivors are there.

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Bryant along with others in his private helicopter was en-route  for Gianna”s basketball game which was to begin at noon, local time, in the Thousand Oaks area. Bryant was riding in an S-76 helicopter when it crashed just before 10 a.m. into a steep hilly area about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles.. Flames that erupted in the crash have been extinguished. The investigation is underway. “It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Kobe Bryant and four others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas,” the City of Calabasas confirmed on its official Twitter account.

As screens began flashing the dateline ”Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020”, the Bryant fandom struggled to come to terms with their hero”s mention in past tense. “Most people will remember Kobe as the magnificent athlete who inspired a whole generation of basketball players. But I will always remember him as a man who was much more than an athlete”, said NBA”s All-Time Leading Scorer Kareem Abdul Jabbar, in a video statement.

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