His impact on millions if not billions of people. He was a loving and devoted father. Just look at the outpouring of gratitude and thanks that his peers and fellow competitors have been showing.
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OT: Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash
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Have you lived under a rock for the last 30 years?
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Kobe was a CHAMPION for Women's Basketball, among his many other talents. If you can't see and respect that, I suggest you do some research/self-reflection.
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Crying again.
I hope I'm not the only one that has literally cried over this tragedy. These things aren't supposed to happen. As a golf guy, I remember the day Payne Stewart passed in a plane crash. This has a similar feeling in a way. An individual that touched way more lives than they ever actually had known. This hits so hard. It's hard to fathom. I just don't want to believe it.
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My eyes well up when I read the stories and watch the videos about Kobe. I think the fragility of life is magnified so much more when someone with Kobe’s body, money and success passes. If it can happen to him, we are all very vulnerable.
For me, it creates a really sickening feeling because he will not only be missed, but he reminds me of my own mortality. As a father, my mortality scares me, as does the mortality of my kids. As a son, my parents mortality scares me and as a husband my wife’s mortality scares me. When someone like Kobe dies you can’t help but subconsciously feel like you are on borrowed time. It is sad and depressing.
For me, it creates a really sickening feeling because he will not only be missed, but he reminds me of my own mortality. As a father, my mortality scares me, as does the mortality of my kids. As a son, my parents mortality scares me and as a husband my wife’s mortality scares me. When someone like Kobe dies you can’t help but subconsciously feel like you are on borrowed time. It is sad and depressing.
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People all over the world have been crying. I was a Kobe hater, rooted against him his entire career and I'm totally broken up over this. It's sad when anyone is cut down way too early but this effects so many more people than Payne Stewart or almost any other public person who has ever left us early.
Kobe was an international superstar and the most popular person ever in the city of LA. He's an international cultural icon who is basically only eclipsed by Jordan. It went from being incredibly sad to a horrific tragedy when we found out his daughter was with him...Everyone says they love all their kids the same but you could tell the love they had for each other was different, they had a special bond. Add 7 more young people cut short and it's just too much.
I really hope Kobe and those other parents didn't know it was coming. I can't imagine what it would be like knowing what's coming and not being able to protect your daughter.
I think they went pretty quick, slammed into the side of the mountain before they knew what was happening. Really tragic and avoidable, they should never have been given clearance to fly when other flights had been grounded for the fog and low cloud cover.
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A tragedy for all aboard and their families. Very sad indeed.
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Yep, I should have known that was bogus. Kobe also would've hated that as Hayward points out.
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Caron is the best story in the history of UConn basketball, he's just an unbelievable guy.
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Very sad ....
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The legend of Gianna Bryant’s basketball potential was just starting to grow
Gianna Bryant was more than Kobe Bryant’s daughter. She was planning to follow her famous father’s footsteps in the world of basketball, hoping to one day play for Geno Auriemma at UConn and the WN…
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Such an incredible tragedy.
A woman lost her husband and daughter and survives with three daughters.
Two children lost both of their parents and sister.
A husband lost his wife and daughter and remains with his two sons.
A husband lost his wife and must now care for his three young children alone.
People are shocked and asking why. The weather was so bad that the police grounded their choppers. Someone or some people placed these children in an extremely risky situation. Far too risky to fly a chopper. And that is probably why 9 people perished.
A woman lost her husband and daughter and survives with three daughters.
Two children lost both of their parents and sister.
A husband lost his wife and daughter and remains with his two sons.
A husband lost his wife and must now care for his three young children alone.
People are shocked and asking why. The weather was so bad that the police grounded their choppers. Someone or some people placed these children in an extremely risky situation. Far too risky to fly a chopper. And that is probably why 9 people perished.
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The pilot is supposed to make a final decision. Not sure what made him decide to go for it
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I read that Kobe and his wife made a pact earlier not to fly on the chopper together, and that Kobe would only fly with that pilot .... taking a chopper to avoid traffic so he could spend more time with his family.
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This is a rumor that was debunked based on various old social media posts showing Vanessa and Kobe in helicopters together.
Nets news: Spencer Dinwiddie among players to informally retire Kobe Bryant's jersey numbers
Salute to Kobe.
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This is amazing. I can't think of a better tribute from current players. A tremendous show of respect to Kobe.
I don’t get it either. The media is hyping him as some sort of Devine being.
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Ya that usually happens when a celebrity dies young, with kids and 9 people in total.
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