Touching tributes for Kobe Bryant

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Following the news report of the helicopter crash that claim the lives of kobe Bryant 41, her daughter Gianna 13, along with 7 others; this shocking news has got many online about what happened to the former NBA star.
Following this confirmed fatal crash that there was no survivor, tributes have been pouring in for the former La Lakers Legend.




Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act. To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day.






There’s no words to express the pain Im going through with this tragedy of loosing my neice Gigi & my brother @kobebryant I love u and u will be missed. My condolences goes out to the Bryant family and the families of the other passengers on board. IM SICK RIGHT NOW

Jamie Foxx has taken to Instagram to show his adulation for Bryant.
 
He said: "Just can’t take this one. Sending up prayers to your beautiful family. This hurt is for a lifetime... Kobe you will be missed for eternity. REST IN POWER.
 
"Just a few days ago you opened up your heart and bought out theatres for the inner city. We got a chance to chop it up. My heart breaks looking back at this."



Former record-breaking Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt tweeted: “Still can’t believe” along with a photo of him with Bryant.

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna in Irvine, Calif., in 2018.

TV presenter Whoopi Goldberg wrote: “RIP Kobe, hero to many including my grandson, extraordinary athlete and always kind to me & my family. My deepest condolences to his family.”
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis put a picture of Bryant on his Twitter account simply accompanied by the word “Heartbroken”.


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Three-time grand slam tennis champion Andy Murray also paid tribute to Bryant, saying on an Instagram story “This has hit me hard”, while adding “Thinking of all his family, friends and colleagues.”

Morgan, a two-time World Cup winner and gold medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, wrote: “My heart is heavy with the news of Kobe Bryant. Prayers go out to his family right now through this unthinkable time.”

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