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Celtics React In Shock To Kobe Bryant’s Death

Celtics players expressed grief and shock at the death of the NBA superstar.

NBA great Kobe Bryant died Sunday, along with eight others, in the crash of a helicopter near Los Angeles.
NBA great Kobe Bryant died Sunday, along with eight others, in the crash of a helicopter near Los Angeles. (Harry How/Getty Images)

BOSTON – Celtics players current and past were among those in the NBA world reacting in shock to news that Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in California.

Bryant, 41, was one of nine people on board a helicopter that crashed in Calabasas, northwest of Los Angeles. No one survived the crash.

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