Kobe Bryant's 13-Year-Old Daughter Gigi Reportedly Among Victims in Fatal Helicopter Accident
By Sam Dunn
As information continues to pour in regarding the shocking death of Kobe Bryant in a Southern California helicopter crash, hearts quickly sank when one reporter suggested during a live ABC News cut-in that all four of Kobe Bryant's daughters were among those who lost their lives.
Amid a flood of conflicting information, TMZ -- which was first to report that Kobe had died in the crash -- is now publishing it was his 13-year-old daughter, Gigi, who tragically passed away alongside him.
#BREAKING: Kobe's daughter Gianna Maria was also on board the helicopter and died in the crash https://t.co/oV7TIdpxmx
— TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) January 26, 2020
The news was later confirmed by multiple news outlets.
A gifted basketball player in her own right, Gigi began to make headlines over the last year as a viral sensation, attacking the basket, displaying slick dribbling moves, and pulling up for jumpers just like her dad would. Her loss, with so, so much still ahead of her in life, is the saddest kind of outcome this story could have had.
#BREAKING Horrible news to update; it has been confirmed Kobe Bryant's 13-year-old daughter Gianna was killed in today's helicopter crash along with her father. https://t.co/1ooBN1GDQL pic.twitter.com/axmUYrNkRT
— WPLG Local 10 News (@WPLGLocal10) January 26, 2020
Our thoughts are with the Bryant family as they reckon with these terrible losses.