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He was born in August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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In 1996 he started playing in the NBA. He played 20 seasons, until 2020.
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In 1996, USA Today named him the National High School Player of the Year and won Naismith Player of the Year.
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In November 1999, when he was 21 years old, Bryant met a girl who was 17 years old, Vanessa Laine while working as a dancer in a music video.
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He married on April 18, 2001 in Dana Point with his wife Vanessa Bryant and they had 4 daughters, Gianna Bryant, Natalia Bryant, Bianka Bella and Capri Kobe.
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In 2003, he was charged with sexual assault against a 19-year-old hotel worker.
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On the night of January 22, 2006, in a match against the Toronto Raptors at the Staples Center, Bryant finally broke the franchise’s individual scoring record, held by Elgin Baylor with 71 points, by scoring 81 in the Lakers.
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On May 7, 2008, he was named MVP (most valuable player) of the 2007-08 NBA season.
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On 24 August 2008, he won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics as a member of the US men’s team
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In 2008 he won the first ESPY to get him, as the NBA’s best player. In 2010 hehe won another.
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He helped the Lakers win two more consecutive championships in 2009, where he won both the Bill Russell Award.
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On December 14, 2014, he surpassed Michael Jordan, to become third on the NBA’s all-time scoring roster, with 32,310 points in his entire career.
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Both team numbers, the 8th and 24th, were removed from the team in 2017, at a ceremony held in honor to Kobe Bryant.
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He made his way into Hollywood after winning the Oscar for 'Best Animated Short' thanks to 'Dear Basketball' in 2018.
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He died on 26 January 2020 in a helicopter crash with his daughter, Gianna Bryant, who was 13 years old, five friends of him, the pilot and the copilot.
