Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketball players ever, died this Sunday in California, in a helicopter disaster. One of the player’s daughters also died in the accident. Kobe died at 41.

Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketball players ever, died on Sunday morning in Calabasas, California, in a helicopter disaster. The news began to be advanced by TMZ: in a first phase, the first information showed that no member of Bryant’s family would be in the helicopter, but Gianni, 13, one of the former athlete’s daughters, was also on board.

Kobe Bryant was traveling with at least three other people in a private helicopter that crashed. None of the passengers survived and the aircraft was set on fire when it hit the ground: in all, five people will have died due to the disaster.

Former basketball player Vanessa Bryant was not in the helicopter.

The causes of the disaster are being investigated. Bryant was 41 and has four daughters – the youngest was born in June, less than a year ago.