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Update: Kobe Bryant daughter Gianna confirmed dead in crash

Published:Sunday | January 26, 2020 | 4:03 PM
Firefighters work the scene of a helicopter crash where former NBA star Kobe Bryant died in Calabasas, California on Sunday Morning.
Firefighters work the scene of a helicopter crash where former NBA star Kobe Bryant died in Calabasas, California on Sunday Morning.

It is being reported that NBA legend Kobe Bryant's daughter has also been confirmed dead in the helicopter crash which killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star in California on Sunday morning.

TMZ Sports, who broke the story earlier today, said that a representative of Bryant confirmed that Gianna Maria Onore, also known as 'GiGi' was also on board the craft which went down in the hills of Calabasas, California this morning.

It is reported that they and at least two other persons were heading to the Mamba Academy in Thousand Oaks, California, when the helicopter went down and caught fire.

Kobe was 41 years old and Gianna 13.

More in Monday's Gleaner.