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Twitter unravels at the news of Kobe Bryant’s tragic death

ByAmy Kaplan|
PHILADELPHIA, PA - January 26: Kobe Bryant #8 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on January 26, 1996 at the CoreStates Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1996 NBAE (Photo by Jennifer Pottheiser /NBAE via Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - January 26: Kobe Bryant #8 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on January 26, 1996 at the CoreStates Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1996 NBAE (Photo by Jennifer Pottheiser /NBAE via Getty Images)

Twitter absolutely unravels at the news of Lakers star, Kobe Bryant’s, tragic death on Sunday due to a helicopter crash.

Whenever anyone dies, it’s tragic. But deaths of celebrities, especially someone as iconic as Kobe Bryant, hit us in a different way. The first waves of emotion could be felt within seconds of TMZ reporting that the Los Angeles Lakers star had been killed in a helicopter crash were of disbelief. Many fans clung to the hope that the report was false, or the facts were somehow not true. But as time passed tributes began to pile up and the truth set in.

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He is considered one of the greatest basketball players to ever live and played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. He was known to travel regularly via helicopter throughout Southern California.

His career was highlighted with constant record-breaking and massive wins including becoming the youngest player in league history to reach 30,000 career points (34 years and 104 days).

Some his career highlights include:

  • 5× NBA champion (2000–2002, 2009, 2010)
  • 2× NBA Finals MVP (2009, 2010)
  • NBA Most Valuable Player (2008)
  • 18× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2016)
  • 4× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011)
  • 11× All-NBA First Team (2002–2004, 2006–2013)

Bryant, 41, is survived by his wife Vanessa and his four children, Gianna, Natalia and Bianca and Capri, who was born in June 2019.

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