Heart-wrenching: Last Messages From The Athletes Before Their Deaths

Basketball Legend Kobe Bryant

Kobe died in January 2020 at the age of 41 due to a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.

The NBA star was on-board with eight other people on his private helicopter when a fire broke out.

Witnesses reported that the helicopter went down instantly and then slammed into the ground.

Bryant's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, also passed away with him in this crash.

Rob Pelinka, Kobe's friend, Rob Pelinka shared with the media that before Kobe's tragic accident, the NBA star texted him to arrange a meeting with a baseball scout of John Altobelli's young daughter, another crash victim.