The World mourns as Basketball legend, Kobe Bryant dies in fiery helicopter crash that killed his daughter and 7 others

The world, and the NBA has been thrown into a state of mourning following the sudden death of NBA legend, Kobe Bryant who was killed in a fiery helicopter crash in California yesterday that also claimed eight other lives, including his 13 year old daughter.

According to multiple media reports, the 41-year-old was on board with at eight other people when the private helicopter went down for an unknown reason. 

Emergency responders got to the scene as quickly as possible but no one survived the crash, police said.

He is survived by his wife and 3 children: Natalia and Bianca and newborn Capri, who was born in June 2019. Kobe is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time and played for 20 years with the Los Angeles Lakers.

He was a 5-time NBA champion, and Olympics gold medalist.