Bryant, 41, who won five titles with the Los Angeles Lakers, was traveling with his 13-year-old daughter when they and seven other people perished in the crash.
Kobe Bryant, the retired Los Angeles Lakers basketball star who was one of the greatest to play the game, and his 13-year-old daughter were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday outside Los Angeles, rocking the sports world and generating an outpouring of grief and shock across the country..
The helicopter went down near Calabasas, Calif., about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, in foggy conditions, though the authorities were investigating the cause. The helicopter was on its way from Orange County, Calif., where the Bryant family lives, to Mr. Bryantâs youth basketball academy northwest of Los Angeles, where he coaches his daughter Gianna, who died in the crash.