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Dubai: Every sports fan knew Kobe Bryant the basketball player, but there was more to the man than a tremendous talent for his beloved sport.
Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash with his daughter on Sunday, also won an Oscar for ‘Dear Basketball’, a 2017 animated short film which he wrote and narrated, and was directed and animated by Glen Keane, with music by John Williams.