Former
pro
basketball
player
Kobe
Bryant
____________________
five
NBA
titles
with
the
Los
Angeles
Lakers
while
establishing
himself
as
one
of
the
game's
all
-
time
greats
.
He
____________________
tragically
in
a
helicopter
crash
on
January
26
,
2020
.
Kobe
Bean
Bryant
____________________
born
on
August
23
,
1978
,
in
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
.
Named
after
a
city
in
Japan
,
Bryant
is
the
son
of
former
NBA
player
Joe
"
Jellybean
"
Bryant
.
In
1984
,
after
ending
his
NBA
career
,
the
elder
Bryant
____________________
the
family
to
Italy
,
where
he
____________________
in
the
Italian
League
.
Growing
up
in
Italy
alongside
two
athletic
older
sisters
,
Shaya
and
Sharia
,
Bryant
____________________
an
avid
player
of
both
basketball
and
soccer
.
When
the
family
____________________
to
Philadelphia
in
1991
,
Bryant
____________________
the
Lower
Merion
High
School
basketball
team
,
leading
it
to
the
state
championships
four
years
in
a
row
.
With
an
eye
on
the
NBA
,
he
also
____________________
working
out
with
the
76ers
.