The sudden death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant has rocked the world of sports and culture at large.
Bryant, only 41 years old and less than four years into retirement from the Lakers, where he spent his entire record-breaking career, died Sunday morning when a helicopter he was flying in crashed into a hillside in Calabasas, Calif.
Michael Jordan, arguably the most famous NBA player of all time and someone Bryant often expressed admiration for, released a statement on the death. Jordan said, in part, “Words cannot describe the pain I’m feeling. I loved Kobe — he was like a little brother to me.” Disney chief executive officer Robert Iger said the entire company is mourning the death, calling it a “tragic loss” and that Bryant was “a giant of sports and a person so full of life.”Director Spike Lee, famously a fan of the New York Knicks but a friend of Bryant’s who did a documentary on him in 2009, posted on Instagram a poem, saying in part: “For these are the last days, Of a legendary fade away, As he Fades away back to Blackness.
“I had so much respect for him as a competitor and I know he inspired so many people in so many different ways,” Brees added. “One of the all time great competitors and not just with sports, in the way he approached a lot of things.” “Not that long after that,” Wynne continued, “I was at one of the NBA playoff games and I sat with [former commissioner] David Stern. David said to me, ‘I only have one question for you – why Kobe Bryant.’ I said, ‘Well, I guess we’re all going to see.’ And I guess we all did.”
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