"""In this Dec. 14, 2001, photo, Kobe Bryant, then NBA player from the Los Angeles Lakers, poses with a jersey after being named the newest ambassador for the city of Kobe, Japan before a game against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, Calif. Bryant died in a helicopter crash Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. Tetsunori Tanimoto, an official at the Kobe Beef Marketing & Distribution Promotion Association, in Kobe, central Japan, expressed his deep condolences for Kobe Bryant's death.  """"He helped make Kobe Beef known throughout the world,"""" Tanimoto said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press Monday.  (Kyodo News via AP)"""
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