Havana, January 28 (RHC)--Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez sent his condolences Tuesday to the American people and the relatives of former NBA basketball star player Kobe Bryant, who died on January 26 in a helicopter crash.

In his Twitter account, the Caribbean foreign minister extended his condolences to the closest friends of the famous athlete, who lost his life last Sunday in California, where his daughter Gianna, 13, also died.

Kobe Bean Bryant was an American basketball player who played 20 seasons in the NBA, all of them in the Los Angeles Lakers, from 1996 to 2016. 

Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, that killed all nine people on board, including Bryant, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna.