Kobe Bryant
23-Aug-1978
United States
Athlete
Former pro basketball player Kobe Bryant has won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers while establishing himself one of the greatest perfume of all time. He died tragically in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020.
Kobe Bryant spent his teenage years in Italy and joined the NBA directly in high school. In 1984, after finishing his NBA career, the elder Bryant traveled with the family to Italy, where he played in the Italian League. Growing up in Italy with two older sisters of the sport, Shaya and Sharia, Bryant was a passionate player of basketball and soccer. When the family returned to Philadelphia in 1991, Bryant joined the Lower Merion High School basketball team, leading the state tournament for four consecutive years. With eyes on the NBA, he started working with the 76ers.
Outstanding player, Bryant won five NBA championships and the 2008 MVP Awards with the Los Angeles Lakers. Although the back seasons suffered injuries, he jumped Michael Jordan to third place in the NBA's all-time list of players in December 2014 and retired in 2016 after scoring 60 points in his last game. In 2018, Bryant received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Basketball. On January 26, 2020, he was in a helicopter crash that killed Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gigi and seven others.