Kobe Bryant, 1998: CIP t.p. (Kobe Bryant) galley (basketball player; b. Aug. 23, 1978, Philadelphia)

Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bryant, Kobe; Kobe Bean Bryant; basketball player; born 23 August 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; after an extraordinary career at Lower Merion High School in suburban Philadelphia (1996) he became the youngest guard to be drafted in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA); drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the thirteenth pick, he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac; blossomed into an NBA superstar and led the Lakers to three consecutive championships (2000-2002); remains one of the most popular figures in the NBA and around the world)

Wikipedia, January 26, 2020: Kobe Bryant (died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on January 26, 2020) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant#Death