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Kobe Bryant
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Who Was Kobe Bryant?
Kobe Bryant spent his early years in Italy and joined the NBA straight out of high school.
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A dominant scorer, Bryant won five NBA championships and the MVP Award with the Los Angeles Lakers. Although later seasons were marred by injuries, he surpassed Michael Jordan for third place on the NBA all-time scoring list in December and retired in after scoring 60 points in his final game.
In , Bryant earned an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Dear Basketball. On January 26, , he was in a helicopter crash that killed Bryant, his year-old daughter Gigi and seven others.
Early Life
Kobe Bean Bryant was born on August 23, , in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Named after a city in Japan, Bryant is the son of former NBA player Joe "Jellybean" Bryant.
In , after ending his NBA career, the elder Bryant took the family to Italy, where he played in the Italian League. Growing up in Italy alongside two athletic older sisters, Shaya