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Basketball legend Kobe Bryant has died at age 41, ESPN has confirmed.
Kobe Bryant was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash, as first reported by TMZ and confirmed by @wojespn.
— ESPN (@espn) January 26, 2020
He was 41. pic.twitter.com/jt4ccu2Rw4
Bryant was one of five people who were killed in a helicopter crash in southern California near Calabasas shortly before 10 a.m.
The cause of the crash has not yet been confirmed. Allen Kenitzer, an FAA spokesman, said his agency and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating.