never a fan of his but very sad his kids have lost their dad.

RIP triple ocho

Has other media confirmed story?

R.I.P. Kobe Bryant

You know how Twitter is. It's tough to take most of what one sees there seriously, but this tragedy turned out to be true. Horrible news.

sad news.

RIP

Just... wow. *Huge* loss. Cross gently, Kobe.

R.I.P. Kobe.

Kobe Bryant RIP

and possibly some of his children

No matter what you think of him, he will always be one of the best BB players of all time. RIP, Black Mamba.

and not someone else...……………….

the good die young. Or when those who do bad things live on.

....Lebron James just passed him last night as the third top scorer in history.

It's like his star was eclipsed and he fell from the sky.

Someone's autograph just went up in price.


Great times between him and Shaq during the Lakers run...he will missed greatly,and
deserves a spot in the NBA hall of fame.

He turned out to be a very good father. Maybe he and his wife were trying for a son...they have 4 daughters, one a newborn. He coached his daughters. Wow, just shocking.

Hal - was Hal Fishman, the anchorman for KTLA “News at 10” - a local favorite in LA for years at the independent Channel 5. Hal Fishman was a pilot who had his own plane, and ALWAYS weighed in on plane crash stories and other aviation-related news. Often he’d take another reporter and/or cameraman up with him to fly over some spot where news was taking place - like a police search or missing person report, or near a brushfire or some such. They’d get their own exclusive footage that way. Hal Fishman has been gone for some time (cancer). I worked at that station briefly and wrote news stories for him. He was always nice to everyone.

who had the facts and didn't do gossip and infotainment. Hal was loved in LA and still missed ... Hal was a REAL news reporter.

When you have nothing to really add to a discussion, but are itching to say something to derail onto a topic on which one was schooled but is still VERY unhappy about..

....gratuitous shots at one of the nine for something that "allegedly" happened decades ago.

DU is funny that way.

....including three children. And you're bringing this up here and now?

I also believe whistle blowers.

https://time.com/5490813/bernie-sanders-campaign-sexual-harassment/

I wasn't a fan, but damn. I saw him play when he was in HS....we both ended up in LA...damn.

Link to tweet

Since Kobe is from Philly, it is big news here.

Reporting in Los Angeles that they were with his daughter’s teammate and a parent, plus the pilot makes 5. They were going to his Calabasas training facility, Black Mamba, I think that’s what they called it.

so sad

Father and daughter both perished, so sad

all 9 considered deceased, but will not release identities of other persons until next-of-kin are notified

Life is unfair.

Incredibly sad.

Condolences to the family.

I don't want to hear Trump come out and say a damned thing, not after threatening Schiff today. But, he probably thinks everyone would like his comments. Well, leave this poor family alone. Stay away, Trump.

Heard this news at the end of that college basketball game. They came up at the end in a black frame and announced it. Jesus Christ, can't we ever get a break? There's just nothing you can do or say to make it different. It happened. Poor family. I feel really bad for them. I am so sorry.

That’s always a good look.

Absolutely disgusting.

the same day of their death, on what was an allegation? Enjoy your moral superiority and false equivalence.

Aside from a civil suit settlement not being a criminal conviction, that's not the point here. Your lack of humanity for this man and his family is glaring. And frankly, I think eclecticdyslexic nailed it as to what your true motivations are.

so all I'll say is JUST GO AWAY!!!!

I haven't heard that from Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein.

“It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”
Mark Twain.

Kobe was fluent in three; conversational in many more, and your suggestion that one cannot be an exceptional athlete as well a "constitutionalist" (I shudder to think of how you might define the term) is some goddam fucked up racist shit, if you don't mind my saying.

Fitting you'd try your hand at German. Russian would've been my second guess.

among comrades?

It’s pretty mountainous around here, but not really that high. Anxious to hear the cause.

Terrible.

been about and about since....lunch, music, wine....normal Sunday shit. And then come home....see the news again. It just seems unreal. I was anything but a fanboy....but man, his legacy is undeniable...and the poor daughter....jesus....

I can'rt begin to explain how much Kobe meant to the Lakers organization. And basketball fans worldwide.

I join the milions who are heartbroken. Been drinking for hours with friends and family...reminiscing about Kobe's accomplishments on and off the court.

RIP Kobe and the rest of the passengers of that fateful helicopter flight.

of the plane crash that killed Clemente'. I hope the sad facts - aircraft had a history of mechanical trouble, overly tired pilot - of that crash aren't part of what happened here.

what an athlete and talent he was..How much entertainment he provided...

You don't miss-em until theys gone...rip dude...

I think it was the way he came up but the reasoning is foggy. ...also Lakers hate. I came to appreciated him in his last couple years in the league. I also have come to understand and completely respect the Black Mamba Mentality. Kobe was right about Shaq.