UPDATE: Ex-NBA star Kobe Bryant and daughter die in helicopter crash
Firefighters work the scene of a helicopter crash where former NBA star Kobe Bryant died, Sunday, January 26, 2020, in Calabasas, California.
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January 25, 2020

UPDATE: Ex-NBA star Kobe Bryant and daughter die in helicopter crash

CALABASAS, California (AP) — Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was 41.

Bryant died in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. A different person familiar with the case confirmed that Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna also was killed.

Both spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the crash had not been released publicly. The crash happened around 10 a.m. about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said it was a Sikorsky S-76 and it was not known what caused the crash. The LA County Sheriff’s Department confirmed five dead in the crash, but had not released identities.

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