Joe Bryant, Kobe Bryant’s Dad, Dies at 69
Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, the former NBA player and father of Kobe Bryant, has died. He was 69.
The news was first reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer, which cited La Salle Explorers head coach Fran Dunphy in saying that Bryant had recently suffered a massive stroke.
Bryant’s death comes over four years after the passing of his son and his granddaughter Gianna in a helicopter crash in California.