nba star and oscarwinning storyteller kobe bryant 41 died on january 26 in a helicopter crash near los angeles along with his 13yearold daughter gianna onore bryant and seven others on board the news has left family friends and fans of the sportsman shockedreality tv star kim kardashian wrote my heart is so heavy no one should ever experience what the families involved are going through this has affected us all so much but i cannot begin to imagine what vanessa is feeling losing her husband and her baby girl i cry just thinking about it i am praying for the bryant family the altobelli family and the families of all who perished in this unthinkable tragedy rest in peace legendkims sister kylie captioned her post as at loss for words right now praying for this beautiful familylatenight host jimmy kimmel on whose show kobe bryant appeared a number of time wrote he was greatcharismatic among the hardestworking athletes everbut what impressed me most was how deeplyinvolved kobe was with his 4 daughters pray for them vanessa his parents his fellow passengers families on this sad and shocking day we will never forget you kobea shattered ellen degeneres wrote like everyone im stunned and saddened by the news about kobe bryant my heart is broken for his wife and familyreese witherspoon tweeted just devastated to hear about kobebryant an extraordinary athlete and a genuinely kind wonderful man sending love prayers compassion to his family to his entire nba family as well