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Tom Brady opens up about the deaths of Kobe and Gianna Bryant

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he has been “deeply affected” by the loss of Kobe and Gianna Bryant.

A day after thousands gathered at the Staples Center to celebrate the lives of Kobe and Gigi, who, along with seven others, died in a helicopter crash in California on Jan. 26, Brady shared a lengthy message on social media that captured his grief.

“In this tragedy, I have learned so much,” he wrote. “Why has this touched me in the way that it did? Why has it kept me up at night, and brought me so many tears?