- Basketball icon Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash on Sunday in Calabasas, California. He was 41.
- His 13-year-old daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, was also killed in the private helicopter crash.
- Fans gathered at makeshift memorials to mourn.
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Basketball icon Kobe Bryant, 41, was killed in a crash of his private helicopter on Sunday in Calabasas, California.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff said that eight other people on the helicopter, including his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, were killed when the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashed.
Thousands of fans gathered at the crash site, at Bryant’s Mamba Academy in Thousand Oaks, and outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where Bryant became a legend playing for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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