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Kobe Bryant's Daughter Killed in Helicopter Crash Wanted to Play Basketball at UConn

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The University of Connecticut women's basketball team is mourning the loss of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter after they died in a plane crash in California on Sunday.

Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among nine people killed in the crash.

UConn women's basketball tweeted a picture of the two on Sunday and expressed how much they meant to the program.

Kobe and Gianna visited the UConn women’s basketball team when they were in Los Angeles back in 2017.

Bryant's daughter Gianna had a dream to play basketball at UConn.

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