Death

American basketball legend Kobe Bryant died on Sunday evening in a helicopter crash in the Calabasas area of California, during media reports confirmed that Kobe Bryant was accompanied by his two daughters on his own helicopter, as well as police officers who pilgrimages to the location of the incident and confirmed five people were killed during this accident and there were no survivors.

And the American legend Kobe Bryant passed away at the age of 41 after a career full of titles. Kobe Bryant played during his career for the Lakers club from 1996 until his retirement in 2016, and Kobe Bryant was crowned with the Lakers League five times 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010 Kobe Bryant won the award of best player.

In addition to his participation in the All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant was crowned as the best player on four occasions. He also achieved the Olympic gold medal with his country in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the London Olympics gold in 2012.

Wife and Kids

Kobe Bryant married 19-year-old Vanessa Laine in April 2001. They have four daughters: Natalia Diamante (b. 2003), Gianna Maria-Onore (b. 2006, d. 2020), Bianka (b. 2016) and Capri (b. 2019).

Who Was Kobe Bryant?

Kobe Bryant Lived in Italy in his childhood and joined the NBA straight out of high school. He surpassed Michael Jordan for third place on the NBA all-time scoring list in December 2014 and retired in 2016 after scoring 60 points in his final game. Bryant earned an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Dear Basketball in 2018.

GONE TOO SOON. Gianna Bryant at 13 years old.

Who Was Gianna Bryant?

Gianna Maria-Onere, the 13-year-old daughter of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, was among the 9 people killed in the Los Angeles helicopter crash.

Gigi, as her father called her, was born on May 1, 2006 - the second of 4 siblings.

Gigi was there when Kobe played his final game in 2016 as he dropped 60 points againest the Utah Jazz in a storybook ending to a celebrated career.

Gigi was given the nickname "Mambacita" by fans as a play of words for the "Black Mamba" moniker his father was famously known for. Her game did not disappoint as Gigi showed she can score like Kobe, who ranks No. 4 in the all-time NBA scoring list with 33,643 points.

Earlier this month, the former NBA star — who retired in 2016 — revealed that he had recently started watching basketball all the time because of his daughter.

“Before Gigi got into basketball I hardly watched it, but now that’s she’s into basketball, we watch every night,” Kobe told former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson on the Showtime Basketball podcast All the Smoke.

Kobe and his daughter also attended several Lakers games before the start of the new year, marking the first time he had been to a game since his jersey was retired in 2017.

“We just had so much fun because it was the first time I was seeing the game through her eyes,” the five-time NBA champion said of sharing the experience with his daughter.

“It wasn’t me sitting there, you know, as an athlete or a player or something like that, and you know it’s like about me, and I don’t like that,” he added. “It was her, she was having such a good time.”

The year 2020 will always witness the death of a legend and his daughter that she was about to be a start in basketball world.

Rest in Peace to one of the greats. A legend. You were always my favourite to watch. Heartbreaking news your death, you will be missed Mamba.