Celebrity Biographies
Kobe bryant
Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant died at the age of 41, when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed in Calabasas, a mountainous area outside Los Angeles, on January 27, 2020. His daughter Gianna also lost their lives in the accident. , 13, and seven other people.
“My reaction is the same as that of almost all of Los Angeles,” said Jack Nicholson , a stalwart of the Los Angeles Lakers, the team in which the deceased played. “I will remember what a great player he was. The first time I saw him I made fun of him. It was at the Garden in New York, where I offered him a basketball and asked if he wanted me to autograph it for him. We will think of him all the time. time and we will miss him. “I’m in shock like everyone else,” explained another stalwart of the training, Spike Lee , who directed the documentary Kobe Don’t Work , about the athlete.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 23, 1978, Kobe Bean Bryant was selected to play in the NBA by the Charlotte Hornets, but was immediately claimed by the Los Angeles Lakers. Winner of five NBA rings and two gold medals in the Olympic Games, he is currently the fourth leading scorer in NBA history, behind only LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone.
Kobe Bryant became the first basketball star to win an Oscar, in the animated short category, as a producer of Dear Basketball . Directed by Glen Keane, it translates into images the letter that he himself wrote when he announced his retirement from the courts. In addition, he briefly appeared as himself in Uneven Parents , and served as an executive producer on The Detail , the series about two female police officers.