TMZ reporting Kobe killed in copter crash

[storange]

It's one of those events that you know where you were and what you were doing when it happened/when you heard about it.

John Lennon, Howard Cossell told me on Monday Night Football. Strange

 

[orange79]

I swear you can see something fall from the copter before it starts spinning

Sure looks like it.

 

[OrangeDW]

Man, I gotta say, still in complete shock about this...

Yeah. I seriously might take the day off tomorrow.

 

[br801]

Yeah, Diana, Lennon and Elvis. Those three come to mind.

Clemente and Munson, too.

 

[OrangeDW]

I was a kid when the Lakers traded for Kobe(for Vlade Divac, lol) shortly after he was drafted.

I was a grown man almost 20 years later losing my mind jumping around the house at 1:30 AM on a work night as he hit every shot down the stretch and willed his team to a W in his last game. The guy basically WAS basketball to me for most of my life. Hard to take.

And unspeakably sad that his daughter was there, who was just getting started. It was heartwarming knowing Kobe was coaching her and that she loved the game and was coming up.

 

[OrangeDW]

Clemente and Munson, too.

Thankfully he’s still here, but Magic Johnson’s apparent HIV death sentence hit so hard at the time.

 

[Day2]

Yeah, Diana, Lennon and Elvis. Those three come to mind.

I would add Michael Jackson to the list. I think we all figured he had some eccentricities that probably made him not long for the world, but when it actually happened...

Kurt Cobain and Prince.

 

[MSOrange]

Thankfully he’s still here, but Magic Johnson’s apparent HIV death sentence hit so hard at the time.

Oh yeah that was a huge one considering what was known about HIV at the time compared to now.

 

[OrangeDW]

Oh yeah that was a huge one considering what was known about HIV at the time compared to now.

yeah, I was 9. All I knew was that Magic was going to die within a few years. Devastating.

Amazing he’s still here and all the good he’s done since that.

 

[Shenexon]

Payne Stewart's plane crash unfolded as we watched...

 

[ssbriefcase]

Marvin Gaye I've never forgot. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when the news came over the radio while we were driving. This is very sad, God bless his family.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Kobe's crash as it happened. It looks like something tell off before the copter began its spin...

That was so disturbing

 

[orangenauburn]

Kobe's crash as it happened. It looks like something tell off before the copter began its spin...

Thats not Kobe

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Thats not Kobe

Really?

 

[Stevenson]

Kobe's crash as it happened. It looks like something tell off before the copter began its spin...

That’s fake. Thats the Grand Canyon.

 

[Shenexon]

Thats not Kobe

Thanks...

 

[CuseFaninVT]

That’s fake. Thats the Grand Canyon.

Different copter as well

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[suorange08]

Thats not Kobe

Yeah all the reports said it was foggy and visibility was around 60 ft. That was way too clear and also doesn't look like the same canyon.

 

[orange79]

Thats not Kobe

People suck. What is the reason for that? Twitter likes?

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Clemente and Munson, too.

I remember how tough those were but the twitter world just magnifies everything making it up close and personal and sad.

 

[Jake]

That’s fake. Thats the Grand Canyon.

Yeah, those mountains didn’t look right to me either once I watched it a couple of times.

 

[Stevenson]

Marvin Gaye I've never forgot. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when the news came over the radio while we were driving. This is very sad, God bless his family.

didn't his father kill him?

 

[Arangeman]

I was a kid when the Lakers traded for Kobe(for Vlade Divac, lol) shortly after he was drafted.

I was a grown man almost 20 years later losing my mind jumping around the house at 1:30 AM on a work night as he hit every shot down the stretch and willed his team to a W in his last game. The guy basically WAS basketball to me for most of my life. Hard to take.

And unspeakably sad that his daughter was there, who was just getting started. It was heartwarming knowing Kobe was coaching her and that she loved the game and was coming up.

Right there with you. I have been an unabashed Kobe fan since he arrived In LA. Often to the dismay of friends, colleagues, bar patrons etc... It seems odd to be this sad about the death of someone I don’t know. But I’m pretty damn sad.

 

[ssbriefcase]

didn't his father kill him?

Yes, filicide.