Basketballegende Kobe Bryant is op 41-jarige leeftijd overleden in een helikoptercrash. De NBA-speler won in 2018 een Oscar voor de door hem geschreven en geproduceerde korte animatiefilm Dear Basketball. Daarnaast was hij de oprichter van Granity Studios, een productiehuis dat sportverhalen in een nieuw jasje steekt en zowel tv-series als podcasts en schoolboeken maakt.

Op Twitter brachten verschillende Hollywood-figuren een laatste groet aan Bryant. Een greep uit de reacties:

Just devastated to hear about #KobeBryant .💔An extraordinary athlete, and a genuinely kind, wonderful man. Sending love, prayers & compassion to his family. To his entire @NBA family as well.

— Reese Witherspoon (@ReeseW) January 26, 2020

Kobe literally just broke the internet.

Life is just so beyond our capacity to control. May his loved ones and those of all who perished find peace.

— Jeffrey Wright 🥜 (@jfreewright) January 26, 2020

Shocked and saddened to hear about Kobe Bryant. To us in Philly he was one of ours. His loss will be felt throughout the city. #ripkobe

— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) January 26, 2020

Gods don’t die. pic.twitter.com/tJJFyQeTul

— SAFDIE (@JOSH_BENNY) January 26, 2020

I am hoping that the reports on Kobe Bryant are false.🥺

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) January 26, 2020

My heart goes out to @kobebryant's family #RIP pic.twitter.com/cSl7aUz0Ov

— Danny Trejo (@officialDannyT) January 26, 2020

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Such tragic news. #KobeBryant #RIP

— Nathalie Emmanuel (@missnemmanuel) January 26, 2020

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Today we @WaltDisneyCo mourn the tragic loss of @kobebryant…a giant in sports and a person so full of life. Terrible news and so hard to process….

— Robert Iger (@RobertIger) January 26, 2020

RIP Kobe! My thoughts and prayers are wirh your family.

— octavia spencer (@octaviaspencer) January 26, 2020

What. https://t.co/fXEPKwsHMz

— Zazie (@AfroFrias) January 26, 2020

💔 https://t.co/spBYfXgiqE

— Mark Wahlberg (@markwahlberg) January 26, 2020

https://twitter.com/WhoopiGoldberg/status/1221530356362498052

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant has been taken from us too early. Rest in peace, Mamba.

— John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster) January 26, 2020

Devastated!!!! 💔. May Gods spirit be with his family and all the the families of all the souls lost in this terrible tragedy.. #kobebryant 🙏🏾 https://t.co/VHKMaivMkN

— CedricTheEntertainer (@CedEntertainer) January 26, 2020

completely numb. RIP kobe bryant. praying for your family 🙏🏽❤️

— chloe x halle (@chloexhalle) January 26, 2020

Tragedy.
No words.
Mamba… gone.
Laker Nation… my condolences.
RIP #KobeBryant… legend.#Lakers pic.twitter.com/eNAePLnsg8

— Billy Baldwin (@BillyBaldwin) January 26, 2020

Like everyone, I’m stunned and saddened by the news about Kobe Bryant. My heart is broken for his wife and family.

— Ellen DeGeneres (@EllenDeGeneres) January 26, 2020

He was great,charismatic & among the hardest-working athletes ever,but what impressed me most was how deeply-involved Kobe was with his 4 daughters. Pray for them, Vanessa, his parents & his fellow passengers' families on this sad and shocking day. We will never forget you Kobe

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) January 26, 2020

Jesus this is heartbreaking.

— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) January 26, 2020

Oh my god. https://t.co/EbNJCaBwFx

— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) January 26, 2020

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