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Watson, Clemson Family respond to Kobe Bryant’s sudden death

All of the sports world is in mourning from the shocking news that NBA Legend Kobe Bryant is no longer with us.

Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash along with his 13-year old daughter Gianna and seven others. The nine were traveling to Gianna’s basketball game.

The sports world has not been hit with a death of this magnitude since the sudden passing of Dale Earnhardt on February 21, 2001 when he died in a car crash at the end of the Daytona 500.

Like anywhere, Bryant’s death hit the Clemson Family hard as well.