American basketball legend, Kobe Bryant, has died in a helicopter crash.
The former Los Angeles Lakers superstar who won five championships with the team and was often compared to Michael Jordan, died on Sunday.
He was 41.
Officials confirm that Bryant was a passenger onboard a helicopter that crashed in the Los Angeles County suburb of Calabasas.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department said at least nine people died in the crash.
An 18-time NBA All-Star, Bryant was considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all-time.
He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, retiring in April 2016.
Bryant’s achievements include being the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player and two-time NBA Finals MVP. He was also two-time NBA scoring champion and a two-time Olympic champion.
He also won an Oscar for best short animated film in 2018 for Dear Basketball, a five-minute film based on a love letter to the sport he had written in 2015.
He had a wife, Vanessa, and four daughters – Gianna, Natalia and Bianca and Capri.
