Kobe Bryant was not only an iconic basketball player but in the almost four years since his retirement, he showed his plans were to be even more successful after basketball.
In those years, Bryant became an Oscar winner and a teller of wonderful stories. However, what he’ll likely be most remembered for is his work as a husband and father.
That post-basketball success was tragically cut short on Jan. 26 when Bryant, daughter Gianna Bryant, and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas. The loss of Bryant sent the basketball world — and seemingly the rest of the world too — into a deep mourning period.