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2020-01-27 13:41 Kobe Bryant death: basketball legend killed in helicopter crash
NBA legend Kobe Bryant died on Sunday when a helicopter he was riding in crashed and burst into flames in thick fog, killing all nine people on board including his teenage daughter and plunging the sports world into mourning.
Basketball fans gather in Los Angeles to remember Kobe Bryant, one year to the day after the former NBA superstar perished in a helicopter crash with daughter Gianna and seven others.
A city in the Philippines on Sunday inaugurated a new community centre and court named in honour of Kobe Bryant - just hours before news broke of the NBA legend's death. Locals in the basketball-mad country had hoped that Bryant would one day set foot in what they called the "House of Kobe".
As the Miami Super Bowl Committee hosts a news conference to celebrate opening week of the NFL's Super Bowl in the city, Mayor of Miami-Dade County Carlos Gimenez holds a moment of silence following the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant. SOUNDBITE