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Family members, friends and fans are mourning the death of basketball great Kobe Bryant. Early reports indicated he was among nine people including one of his daughters killed in a helicopter crash yesterday in Calabasas, California.
It's about 30 miles west of Los Angeles where Bryant spent his professional career helping the L.A. Lakers win five championships. Between 1996 and 2016, Bryant scored 33,643 points in his career. That puts him fourth overall in NBA history according to ESPN.
World leaders from President Trump to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended their condolences yesterday. Bryant was 41 years old at the time of the crash. Because it's still under investigation, details continue to come out after we produced this show. You can find the latest on Bryant, his career and the accident at cnn.com.
