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Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in late January 2020 at the age of 41.
by Dan Evon, Jan. 27, 2020
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On Jan. 26, 2020, a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his teenage daughter, Gianna, and seven other people. As this shocking news started to reverberate around the internet, so did rumors about the former Los Angeles Laker.
Here are some of the claims that we've examined in the wake of Bryant's death.
By Dan Evon
Dan Evon is a former writer for Snopes.
Jan. 28, 2020
An eerily prescient tweet gained prominence after the tragic demise of basketball legend Kobe Br ...
Jan. 29, 2020
Kobe Bryant may have been best known for his basketball skills, but he was a man of many other t ...
Jan. 28, 2020
The political quote was widely circulated after the NBA legend's death in January 2020.
Jan. 27, 2020
Questions arose over whether it was intentional, a racial Freudian slip, or an innocent gaffe.
Jan. 27, 2020
The basketball legend's death stunned the world.
Jan. 27, 2020
A years-old news story recirculated in the wake of another deadly helicopter crash.
