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Kobe Bryant

Actor, Producer, Writer
23 August 1978 to 26 January 2020

Best known as an American NBA superstar, particularly for the LA Lakers, Kobe Bryant also notched up various acting and producing roles, as well as writing US television series, Detail (2018-2019), which he executive produced. An animated adaptation of his poem, Dear Basketball, which he wrote, narrated and produced, won an Academy Award in 2018.

Read Kobe Bryant's Guardian obituary