He was still inspiring athletes and mentoring young ones on how to handle fame, how to work, be a pro, etc. His post NBA work was I admired the most, he seemed to genuinely care about young athletes and helping them along
Have we ever seen someone who was one of the best players ever in their sport and super popular die in a tragic accident at such a young age? I’m trying to think of something similar but I just can’t.
Have we ever seen someone who was one of the best players ever in their sport and super popular die in a tragic accident at such a young age? I’m trying to think of something similar but I just can’t.
NBC is reporting a helicopter crashed in Calabasas and they are still putting out the fire. They are not reporting who's on board. Meanwhile TMZ.com has crashed ( no pun intended )
Have we ever seen someone who was one of the best players ever in their sport and super popular die in a tragic accident at such a young age? I’m trying to think of something similar but I just can’t.
Have we ever seen someone who was one of the best players ever in their sport and super popular die in a tragic accident at such a young age? I’m trying to think of something similar but I just can’t.
um Len Bias
Roberto Clemente
Clemente might be the closest thing to it. Bias I’d disagree with since his NBA career hadn’t even really started.
Have we ever seen someone who was one of the best players ever in their sport and super popular die in a tragic accident at such a young age? I’m trying to think of something similar but I just can’t.
Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar and future NBA Hall of Famer, died on Sunday in a helicopter crash. He was 41.
Officials confirm to Variety that Bryant was a passenger on board a helicopter that crashed in the Los Angeles County suburb of Calabasas.
TMZ first reported the news.
A five-time NBA champion with the Lakers, Bryant was considered one of the greatest basketball players of all-time.
He is survived by his wife, Vanessa, and four daughters – Gianna, Natalia and Bianca and Capri.
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NBC is reporting a helicopter crashed in Calabasas and they are still putting out the fire. They are not reporting who's on board. Meanwhile TMZ.com has crashed ( no pun intended )
TMZ seems to be getting hammered, but did eventually see the article.
Have we ever seen someone who was one of the best players ever in their sport and super popular die in a tragic accident at such a young age? I’m trying to think of something similar but I just can’t.
Ed Delahanty's death in 1903 is the closest thing I can think of. Very popular ballplayer, HOFer. 35 when he died. Details on his Wikipedia page.
Lyman Bostock looked like he was on the way to a HOF career when he was shot. Not a greatest-ever, not an accident. Troy Archer and others have died in accidents but not players or ex-players at Kobe's level
Great players have died of natural causes, like Lou Gehrig, etc. Not accidents.
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Here's the TMZ link.
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RIP
I’d wait for more authoritative sources. TMZ has jumped a bit on false deaths in the past.
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TMZ is much more reliable then ESPN.
If TMZ reports it, it's true.
The link below takes you to their homepage which is featuring this as its top story
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I’d wait for more authoritative sources. TMZ has jumped a bit on false deaths in the past.
I can’t remember TMZ being wrong about celebrity deaths before.
RIP
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Kobe Bryant was indeed a passenger and he perished in the crash.
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Have we ever seen someone who was one of the best players ever in their sport and super popular die in a tragic accident at such a young age? I’m trying to think of something similar but I just can’t.
um Len Bias
Roberto Clemente
Kobe Bryant was indeed a passenger and he perished in the crash.
I dont see any tweets from the NBA account about it
And TMZs site is working for me.
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Have we ever seen someone who was one of the best players ever in their sport and super popular die in a tragic accident at such a young age? I’m trying to think of something similar but I just can’t.
um Len Bias
Roberto Clemente
Clemente might be the closest thing to it. Bias I’d disagree with since his NBA career hadn’t even really started.
No one there is asking for confirmation....
Thurman munson
Officials confirm to Variety that Bryant was a passenger on board a helicopter that crashed in the Los Angeles County suburb of Calabasas.
TMZ first reported the news.
A five-time NBA champion with the Lakers, Bryant was considered one of the greatest basketball players of all-time.
He is survived by his wife, Vanessa, and four daughters – Gianna, Natalia and Bianca and Capri.
Story developing…
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@wojespn
Kobe Bryant is among those dead in a helicopter crash outside Los Angeles, a source confirms to ESPN.
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TMZ seems to be getting hammered, but did eventually see the article.
And NBA TV is showing games from last night with nothing even on the bottom of the screen. Disgraceful.
Ed Delahanty's death in 1903 is the closest thing I can think of. Very popular ballplayer, HOFer. 35 when he died. Details on his Wikipedia page.
Lyman Bostock looked like he was on the way to a HOF career when he was shot. Not a greatest-ever, not an accident. Troy Archer and others have died in accidents but not players or ex-players at Kobe's level
Great players have died of natural causes, like Lou Gehrig, etc. Not accidents.
I think this is unique. Anyone?
People still watch ESPN??