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N.B.A. Star Kobe Bryant Dies in California Helicopter Crash<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
The retired N.B.A. star, 41, and his daughter Gianna were among nine people in a helicopter that crashed near Calabasas, Calif. A college baseball coach and his wife and daughter were also killed<\/p>\n
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Pilot Was Trying to Fly Higher Before Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant<\/div>\n
Bryant, 41, was traveling with his 13-year-old daughter to his youth basketball academy when they and seven other people perished in the crash. The helicopter had been given special approval to fly around Burbank in foggy weather.<\/div>\n
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Fans and Friends Mourn Kobe Bryant After Helicopter Crash<\/h2>\n
The retired N.B.A. star, 41, was among the passengers in a helicopter that went down in Calabasas, Calif.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re all feeling crazy sadness right now because earlier today Los Angeles, America and the whole wide world lost a hero, and we\u2019re literally standing here heartbroken in the house that Kobe Bryant built.\u201d \u201cTonight is for Kobe \u2014\u201d [singing] \u201cKobe, my thoughts are with you. Absolutely rest in peace, young man \u2014 this loss is, it\u2019s just hard to comprehend.\u201d \u201cHe was just such a wonderful kid. But more than that, has turned into a wonderful adult man.\u201d \u201cEverything I do, I do it for him, obviously \u2014 really close friend, and this season\u2019s for him.\u201d Crowd: \u201cKobe, Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, Kobe.\u201d Announcer: \u201cThe N.B.A and the game of basketball will mourn this loss together. Please join us in a moment of silence for Kobe Bryant. Rest in peace, Mamba.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Here\u2019s what we know so far about the crash.<\/h2>\n
The retired Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant<\/a>, 41, and his daughter Gianna<\/a> died in a helicopter crash <\/a>near Calabasas, Calif., on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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Bryant was among the passengers traveling onboard the helicopter. Nine people died in the crash, including the pilot, said Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff, during a news conference.<\/p>\n
The National Transportation Safety Board said it sent a team to California on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
Daryl Osby, the Los Angeles County fire chief, said the crash site was difficult to access and that firefighters had to hike to the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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It was not immediately clear how many passengers the helicopter was approved to transport, and fire officials said it was not immediately clear whether the helicopter was overloaded.<\/p>\n
The N.B.A. sent a confirmation of Bryant\u2019s and Gianna\u2019s deaths<\/a> to all teams and league employees Sunday afternoon, according to two people familiar with the document.<\/p>\n
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The other victims of the crash included John Altobelli, a longtime baseball coach at Orange Coast College, a junior college in Costa Mesa. Calif., as well as Altobelli\u2019s wife, Keri, and daughter Alyssa, university officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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It could take several days to recover bodies, the authorities say.<\/h2>\n
Sheriff Alex Villanueva of Los Angeles County said the helicopter went down in an area with \u201cvery rough terrain,\u201d and that even emergency officials had found it dangerous to reach during daylight on Sunday. The debris field, the sheriff said, was roughly 100 yards in each direction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The local authorities did not immediately release the identities of the people who were aboard the helicopter, including Bryant<\/a>, and the chief medical examiner for Los Angeles County, Dr. Jonathan R. Lucas, said it could take several days to recover the bodies from the crash site.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be doing our work thoroughly, quickly and with the utmost compassion,\u201d Lucas said. \u201cWe\u2019re doing everything we can to confirm identifications and give closure to the families involved.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bryant and his daughter were going to an academy where he coached her team.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Outside the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, Calif., fans laid flowers and lit candles at an impromptu memorial for their star. The gym had handwritten signs on the door: Closed.<\/p>\n
A few dozen people, adults of all ages, stood huddled in silence around the memorial of several jerseys, candles, dozens of bouquets, Sports Illustrated magazines with Bryant on the cover, and a Lakers flag. Written on one bouquet was \u201cWe love you Kobe and Gigi<\/a>.\u201d Another card, the shape of a Lakers basketball, read, \u201cThe day we lost a legend: 1-26-20 Thank you for being a role model for me and for others.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bryant was on his way to the academy to coach his daughter when the helicopter crashed, according to two law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge details of the ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The academy was hosting the Mamba Cup Tournament Series, a series of tournaments for boys and girls basketball teams from the third through eighth grades. All the games were canceled after the news of Bryant\u2019s death became public.<\/p>\n
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Momentarily, a few fans wearing Laker jerseys started chanting \u201cKo-be! Ko-be!\u201d and then stopped.<\/p>\n
Eddie Lugo, 21, placed a throwback No. 8 jersey and candles on the memorial. He wore a blue throwback jersey backward, so that Bryant\u2019s<\/a> name faced forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was walking my dog meeting up with my buddy, complimenting my buddy on all the Laker gear, actually, when one of my best friends called,\u201d Lugo said. \u201cWe were all just mind blown, we thought it was fake.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Bryant was considered one of the best players in N.B.A. history.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Drafted to the N.B.A. directly out of high school in 1996, Bryant was named an All-Star in 18 of his 20 seasons for the Lakers and helped lead the team to five championships. His hypercompetitive nature led to occasional public disagreements with coaches and other players, but his commitment to winning was never questioned.<\/p>\n
The winner of the N.B.A.\u2019s Most Valuable Player Award for the 2007-8 season, and the N.B.A. finals M.V.P. in both 2009 and 2010, Bryant showed a rare commitment to success on both ends of the court, with a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 that included two scoring titles \u2014 and an 81-point game in 2006 that is the second-highest single-game total<\/a> in N.B.A. history \u2014 along with 12 appearances on the league\u2019s All-Defense team. He also thrived on the international stage, where he won gold medals for U.S.A. Basketball in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Kobe Bryant\u2019s Biggest Moments<\/div>\n
His career had countless highlights, but there were seven moments that seemed to define him best.<\/div>\n
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In 2016, after various injuries had taken their toll on the longtime superstar, he proved to have one more highlight in him, scoring 60 points<\/a> in his final game while leading the last-place Lakers to a surprising win over the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n
Off the court, Bryant\u2019s legacy was far more complicated. He was arrested in 2003 after a sexual assault complaint was filed against him in Colorado. A 19-year-old hotel employee claimed that Bryant, who was working to rehabilitate his knee following surgery, had raped her. The legal case against Bryant was eventually dropped, and a civil suit was settled privately out of court, but Bryant publicly apologized for the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did,\u201d he said in his statement. \u201cAfter months of reviewing discovery, listening to her attorney, and even her testimony in person, I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.\u201d<\/p>\n
In retirement, Bryant became something of a champion for women\u2019s sports and expanded his purview, winning an Academy Award in 2018<\/a> for his animated short film \u201cDear Basketball\u201d while also creating the web series \u201cDetail\u201d<\/a> for ESPN in which he analyzed current players.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy heart can take the pounding \/ My mind can handle the grind \/ But my body knows it\u2019s time to say goodbye,\u201d he wrote in \u201cDear Basketball,\u201d<\/a> the poem that he wrote to announce his retirement that was the basis for the short film.<\/p>\n
He was scheduled to headline the 2020 N.B.A. Hall of Fame nominees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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