kobe bryant was an iconic american professional basketball player, widely regarded as one of the greatest to ever play the game. Born on august 23, 1978, in philadelphia,. on the morning of jan. kobe bryant in 2020. the los angeles county coroner’s office on friday released autopsies for the victims of the helicopter crash in california that killed the basketball star kobe. the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in january, killing kobe bryant and all eight other people aboard, had no alcohol or drugs in his system that day, according.
