Athletes Deaths Thread

[Olympian1010 8,281]

12 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Apparently ABC News came with a rumour (?) saying his daughters were on the helicopter as well..

Not confirmed. Though I haven’t seen anything not confirming their deaths either.

[Olympian1010 8,281]

35 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

By the way, there were 3 others on board, none survived..

4, 5 people have died in the crash.

[Olympian1010 8,281]

20 minutes ago, bmo said:

Kobe Bryant is an absolute legend. I would make it a priority to watch Kobe and the Lakers whenever he was on tv. I stopped watching the NBA as much when he retired. He introduced me to basketball. He will be missed!! RIP KOBE

Yes, this is all true for me as well. 

[thepharoah 2,413]

and now rumors says that all his 4 daughters were with him in the helicopter 

[TomJa 64]

I'm very shocked and I can't get out of it that Kobe is dead ... This is a great blow for the basketball family, as well as for the whole sport ...

[Olympian1010 8,281]

3 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

and now rumors says that all his 4 daughters were with him in the helicopter 

I’m hearing rumors saying 3. Again, as a journalist, I cannot stress how important it is that we don’t buy into fake information/rumors. There’s a good chance that some of his family was on board (since the numbers work out), but the LAPD has yet to confirm any of the identities of those dead. Bryant has definitely passed, but let’s wait a while before saying that his daughters have died.

[ScottishJack 5]

In utter shock

[ScottishJack 5]

13 minutes ago, TomJa said:

I'm very shocked and I can't get out of it that Kobe is dead ... This is a great blow for the basketball family, as well as for the whole sport ...

Not just the basketball, for the whole sporting world

[Olympian1010 8,281]

TMZ is now reporting that at least one of his daughter has died . Again, I wouldn’t take it as final (I’d never take anything TMZ says as serious), but it seems true. Gianna (13)

Edited January 26, 2020 by Olympian1010

[heywoodu 16,430]

Again, TMZ is usually not wrong about these things, sadly.