Former NBA player Joe Bryant, the father of the late Kobe Bryant, has died, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
He was 69.
The elder Bryant — nicknamed “Jellybean” during his playing days — suffered a massive stroke recently, La Salle head coach Fran Dunphy told the Inquirer Tuesday.
Bryant’s death comes more than four years after his son and his granddaughter, Gigi Bryant, died in a horrific helicopter crash in California on Jan. 26, 2020.
