NBA legend Kobe Bryant is dead after a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California Sunday morning.

All number people on board were killed. His wife Vanessa Bryant was not on board. Sources say his 13 year old daughter was onboard the S-76.

Sources state a fire broke out after the copter went down and by the time emergency workers responded there was nothing they could do.

Mr. Bryant, a five-time NBA champion and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was 41.

The smooth shooting guard, who patterned his game after Michael Jordan, entered the NBA straight out of high school in 1996. By his second season, he had earned his first of 18 all-star selections. By his fourth season, he had teamed with Shaquille O’Neal to win the first of three consecutive championships.

Even though his partnership with O’Neal didn’t last, Mr. Bryant went on to greater heights after their 2004 parting. He won two scoring titles in the years that followed, and he famously scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors in 2006, the second-highest single-game total in NBA history. Mr. Bryant’s 2008 pairing with Pau Gasol produced two more championships in 2009 and 2010, with Mr. Bryant winning Finals MVP honors both times.

A famous competitor known for championing his ruthless “Mamba Mentality,” Bryant suffered a career-altering Achilles’ injury in 2013. He recovered to play three more seasons, retiring in 2016 after 20 seasons with the Lakers. In the last game of his career, Kobe scored 60 points in perhaps the most memorable career finale in NBA history.