| LC control no. | n 98082481 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bryant, Kobe, 1978-2020 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1978-08-23 |
| Death date | 2020-01-26 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Calabasas (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team) National Basketball Association Lower Merion High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Profession or occupation | Basketball players |
| Found in | Kobe Bryant, 1998: CIP title page (Kobe Bryant) galley (basketball player; b. Aug. 23, 1978, Philadelphia) Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bryant, Kobe; Kobe Bean Bryant; basketball player; born 23 August 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; after an extraordinary career at Lower Merion High School in suburban Philadelphia (1996) he became the youngest guard to be drafted in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA); drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the thirteenth pick, he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac; blossomed into an NBA superstar and led the Lakers to three consecutive championships (2000-2002); remains one of the most popular figures in the NBA and around the world) Wikipedia, January 26, 2020: Kobe Bryant (died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on January 26, 2020) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant#Death> |
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