Obama remembers Kobe Bryant, calls him ‘a legend on the court’

Published 2020-01-27 06:11:11

Updated 2026-08-25 09:00:16

Former president Barack Obama remembered Kobe Bryant Sunday as one of the NBA’s great players.

“Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act,” Obama tweeted after it was confirmed Bryant was among five people killed in a helicopter crash outside Los Angeles.

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