[b]Kobe Bean Bryant[/b] (August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) 

American [[basketball]] player who played his entire professional career with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. 

Bryant's "untimely death":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Kobe_Bryant came in a helicopter crash in California, along with his 13-year old daughter and seven other people.

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia article on Kobe Bryant":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant
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