JANUARY 2021 ASM Magazine Vol II Issue I | Page 10

JANUARY 2021 - VOL II ISSUE I

THE SOULS WE LOST IN 2020

2020 is a year that we will never forget in our lifetimes neither for eons to come for the devastation it caused and the heartaches it left us . Young and Old , Black and White , Poor and Rich all succumbed and amidst them , our revered sports heroes , even though some of them were B Y Rnot I Cfrom H A R D the ACOVID-19 C H O R E , Pandemic A C C R A , , Gnevertheless H A N A we lost a significant part of our sports community that will reverberate for years to come . Here are the Souls in the Sports World that no longer walk amongst us :
May their Souls Rest In Peace and till we meet again !!!
Kobe & Gianna Bryant
Kobe Bryant considered one of the greatest , most intense and focused basketball player of all time died in a helicopter crash alongside his daughter Gianna and seven others on January 26th 2020 in a helicopter crash . On board the Chopper were a family of three - father , mother and daughter , and four others which included the pilot , when it went down near Calabasas , California , USA . Bryant and his daughter were headed to his basketball academy , the Mamba Sports Academy , where he coached her and her team team . The academy was hosting the Mamba Cup Tournament Series , a series for boys and girls basketball teams from the third through eighth grades . After the shocking news broke all subsequent matches were canceled .
Gianna Bryant 2006 -2020
Kobe Bryant 1978 -2020
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Diego Maradona 1960 -2020
Papa Bouba Diop
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