Had you heard of Kobe Bryant? Are they covering his death where you live? / myLot

@TheHorse (205655)

Walnut Creek, California

January 27, 2020 4:05pm CST

Kobe Bryant was an American NBA basketball player who spent his entire 20 year career with a team called the Los Angeles Lakers. He won several championships with the Lakers, and is considered one of the best ever to play the game. I believe he spent part of his childhood in Italy, but I'd have to check that. Yesterday, he and eight other people (friends and family) were killed in a helicopter crash in the mountains near Los Angeles CA. It's been all over the news here, and TV sports channels in the US are doing tributes to Kobe Bryant today. Is his death in the news where you live? Had you even heard of Kobe Bryant before reading this post?

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much2say

@much2say (53960)

• Los Angeles, California

27 Jan 20

Living in L.A., we are hit hard about Kobe . . . many know very well who he is - regardless whether we are basketball fans or not. It's definitely all over the news here - especially since he was so integral to L.A. - oh gosh and the crash happened not too far from here.

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much2say

@much2say (53960)

• Los Angeles, California

27 Jan 20

@TheHorse It happened in Calabasas . . . near the 101 freeway - think how it is on the way to Malibu. Hilly, dry grass and shrubs. It happened to be very foggy that morning and I don't know why the pilot didn't make the stop earlier at Van Nuys airport. I heard even LAPD didn't have their copters up that morning because the fog was too thick.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jan 20

Some people heard the crash. I wonder why the pilot was not at a higher altitude. I don't know the terrain there.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jan 20

@much2say I heard that too. Even if he was "instrument-rated," or whatever they call it, safety comes first. A witness said he/she heard a sputter before the crash. Could water from the fog have gotten into the engine? I have no clue.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129431)

• Israel

28 Jan 20

@TheHorse Yes, I read about him online in our news here in Israel.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

I gather that basketball is pretty big in Israel.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jan 20

@Hannihar I think some people are. But I'm not sure. I think some Americans play in Israel.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129431)

• Israel

28 Jan 20

@TheHorse We have a basketball team, but, i am not interested in it.

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Torunn

@Torunn (8609)

• Norway

28 Jan 20

I read the news headlines so I've seen his name, but not more than that. I know sports-people doing cross-country and alpine, and riders of course.

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Torunn

@Torunn (8609)

• Norway

28 Jan 20

@TheHorse That's what we're good at. Panick ensues every time we don't get all the possibly gold medals in the winter Olympics ;-)

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jan 20

@Torunn Heh. That's what I always think when I watch the Northern European teams in the Winter Olympics.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

When I think of Norway, I think of snow sports.

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rakski

@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

27 Jan 20

Yes, Filipino people loves basketball too so it is normal here that people watch the local basketball plus the NBA. I learn last night that Kobe went here 6 times, the first time he went here when he was 20 years old and he was only on his 2nd year playing professionally. Kobe is one of the Filipino's favorite player

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rakski

@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

27 Jan 20

@TheHorse Filipinos are such big basketball fans

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

@rakski Interesting!

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jan 20

Interesting! What brought him to the Philippines?

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NJ Chicaa

@NJChicaa (115976)

• United States

27 Jan 20

Of course I've heard of him even though I'm not a fan of basketball. I watched some of the news about it yesterday afternoon

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Jan 20

I wonder if people from elsewhere in the world will have heard of him. I cannot name one Indian or British cricket player.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

@tallawah Do they play baseball in Jamaica? That's my "favorite" sport. I played it in college.

The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

@tallawah Got it. I'd like to learn how cricket works.

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Merryjoy

@resukill22 (25052)

• Las Pinas City, Philippines

29 Jan 20

Even here in Philippines, are sad because of that. Almost of people here love kobee Bryant

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jan 20

I have hear that he visited there several times.

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Merryjoy

@resukill22 (25052)

• Las Pinas City, Philippines

29 Jan 20

@TheHorse yes get visited here many time

betlynfrnds

@betlynfrnds (4060)

• United States

28 Jan 20

Yes, it's being covered here very much. What a sad, horrible event. I can't believe I did this but just a few minutes ago, I played the audio conversation between the pilot and the control tower. All of the transmission was clear and easy to follow until the chopper went too low. Then all transmission stopped because there was no radio signal at that low altitude. All we could hear at that point was control trying to contact the chopper. As the communication stopped, my heart began to race. We all know what happened after that.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

Can you provide a link? I've read the transcript. But I haven't listened to the audio. That helicopter should have been higher up, to avoid those low mountains.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

28 Jan 20

It may have been mentioned on the sports pages of newspapers. As I'm not interested in sports, I haven't noticed the news there. I've read many posts on myLot whose authors seem to think that the whole world knows American basketball players. This is not the case.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jan 20

As you're probably intelligent enough to discern, that's a part of why I wrote the post. It's a big deal here. But is it a big deal in other countries?

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325696)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 20

I'm afraid I haven't heard of him but that is very sad news. The name sounds a bit familiar but not very.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

Not everyone follows American sports!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325696)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan 20

@TheHorse I barely follow Australian sports although I do keep an eye on the tennis.

John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

28 Jan 20

I live in LA so what do you think?

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

Hmm.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (156060)

• United States

27 Jan 20

It was all over here, Facebook and the news yesterday and today. Yes, I knew who he was. R.I.P. for all the victims.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

Yep. A sad event. I am interested in plane crashes, so I'll be following that aspect of the story. What went wrong?

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (156060)

• United States

28 Jan 20

@TheHorse They said it was foggy. Most small plane pilots don't know how to fly on instruments.

putri

@leny34 (8506)

• Sidoarjo, Indonesia

28 Jan 20

Never heard from Kobe Bryant. but after I read your post, i know it

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

What are the most popular sports in Indonesia?

Pandy (Andy)

@Pandy_ (800)

• Sydney, Australia

28 Jan 20

They have been doing a lot of news coverage on Kobe bryant today! I was familiar yes. RIP

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

Where are you located?

Manvi

@Manvi_2020 (6)

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28 Jan 20

Its a heart breaking news for me..Its really hard to believe Kobe is no more..But he will remain everyone's heart.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

He will indeed.

Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (43065)

• Staten Island, New York

28 Jan 20

Hubby picked me up from Whole Foods that day and the first thing he asked me was if I heard about what happened to Kobe Bryant. I told him no as I didn't go online that day nor watched the news. I was shocked when he told me what happened.

PLETHOS

@Plethos (13560)

• United States

27 Jan 20

well being that i live in socal, yep. its all over tv, radio and whatever social media there is.

The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

Most people in the US knew Kobe.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205655)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Jan 20

@Plethos Yep.

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PLETHOS

@Plethos (13560)

• United States

28 Jan 20

@TheHorse - hes basically an international sports celebrity.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43421)

• Denver, Colorado

29 Jan 20

Yes. I'm a lifelong Laker fan, and Kobe ranks as my 3rd favorite all-time Laker, behind Magic and Worthy. I even got a high five from Kobe one night after they beat the Nuggets here in Denver. I'm very sad.