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NBA superstar Kobe Bryant confirmed dead in a helicopter crash

Kobe Bryant, the NBA superstar has been confirmed dead. He died in a plane crash in Calabasas this Sunday morning.

According to reports, Kobe Bryant was traveling with 3 others in his private helicopter when it went down.

The plane caught fire just a few seconds after it hit grounds. Although emergency personnel responded, nobody in the plane survived. All five people are confirmed dead.

His wife and four daughters were not among the 5 people who died in the helicopter crash

The cause of the crash is under investigation. Kobe has famously used a helicopter to travel for years โ€” dating back to when he played for the Lakers.

He was known for commuting from Newport Beach, CA to the STAPLES Center in DTLA in his Sikorsky S-76 chopper.KB is survived by his wife Vanessa, and their four daughters โ€” Gianna, Natalia and Bianca, and their newborn Capri.

Kobe has recently been spotted out at NBA games with his daughter Gianna โ€” a rising star basketball player herself. Their youngest daughter, Capri, was just born in June 2019.

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Kobe is widely considered one of the greatest NBA players of all time โ€” making 18 All-Star teams during his 20-year career with the Lakers. He was a first-round pick in the 1996 draft, winning 5 NBA championships, 2 NBA Finals MVPs and he was the league MVP in โ€™08.

The Lakers famously retired both of Kobeโ€™s jerseys, numbers 8 and 24 โ€ฆ the only player in team history to receive that honor. Kobeโ€™s accomplishments stand far outside of the basketball world. He won an Oscar for his short film, โ€œDear Basketball,โ€ in 2018.

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