An event or moment · 2020 · Sport
Kobe Bryant
Public mourning for an athlete that drew on the athlete's own stated bond with a young fan.
The clearest documented case of a parasocial bond being reciprocated deliberately for decades and then cashed in publicly after death. The fans were not being had; they were being shown the receipt.
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2010 2010+ · 2020 2026
Provenance · 1 source record(s)
- retrievable26 January 2020, Calabasas, helicopter crash, age 41. Three championships, eighteen All-Star selections, five rings. The death generated a global outpouring within hoursKobe Bryant (Wikipedia); contemporaneous BBC and AP coverage. ↗
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