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Nick Gordon, the former boyfriend of Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, has died. Gordon's attorney confirmed his 30-year-old client's death in a statement to the Associated Press. Tom Hanson has more.
"CBS This Morning: Saturday" co-host Dana Jacobson joins CBSN with a look back at Kobe Bryant's life and legacy. Bryant, considered one of the greatest NBA players in history, was among five people killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in California.
Kobe Bryant, a five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers who is considered one of the greatest basketball players ever, died in a helicopter crash Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 41. CBS News Radio correspondent Steve Futterman joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano.
Jim Hill, CBS Los Angeles' sports director, has interviewed and personally gotten to know Kobe Bryant over the years. Hill describes how Bryant was such a "gifted" basketball player, a family man and someone who deeply cared for the community.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posted a video online where he offers his condolences to Kobe Bryant and his family. Bryant was among five people killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in California. NBA analyst Bill Reiter joins CBSN with more on the worldwide reaction.
Jerry West, former Lakers general manager, speaks with CBS Los Angeles' sports director Jim Hill about the relationship he had with Kobe Bryant early in his career and the lasting legacy he will have on the sport.
Kobe Bryant was among nine people who died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday. Authorities held a press conference with the latest details. Watch here.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson joins CBS Los Angeles' Jim Hill to discuss Kobe Bryant and how "nobody took more pride in putting on a Lakers jersey" than him.
As worldwide reaction pours in after Kobe Bryant's death Sunday, fans have come to the Staples Center to mourn the Lakers superstar. CBSN Los Angeles reports.
Clippers coach Doc Rivers choked back tears as he recounted the devastating news about Kobe Bryant's death. "He means a lot to me," Rivers said. Watch his remarks here.
Fans, celebrities and those who knew Kobe Bryant best are devastated by the news he and his daughter were among nine people who were killed Sunday morning in a helicopter crash. CBS Los Angeles' Jeff Vaughn reports.
NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others were killed Sunday when their helicopter plunged into a steep hillside in dense morning fog in Southern California, his sudden death at age 41 touching off an outpouring of grief for a star whose celebrity transcended basketball. CBS Los Angeles host Greg Wolf and sports director Jim Hill remember Bryant.
Novelist, playwright and editor A.E. Hotchner has died. He and his Connecticut neighbor and friend Paul Newman started "Newman's Own" food company. Hotchner was 102 years old.
Barbara "B." Smith died Saturday at the age of 70 after battling early onset Alzheimer's disease, which she was diagnosed with in 2013. The former model wrote three cookbooks, founded three successful restaurants and launched a nationally syndicated TV show and a magazine. CBSN NY's Hazel Sanchez reports.
Former Army Staff Sgt. Ronald Shurer II received the nation's highest military honor for braving heavy gunfire to save lives in Afghanistan.
The country music community is mourning the death of Kenny Rogers. Rogers died late Friday night at his home in Sandy Springs, Georgia, at the age of 81. Doug Dunbar reports.
Singer Kenny Rogers, best known for his 1978 country hit “The Gambler,” died Friday, March 20 at age 81. In this profile originally broadcast on “CBS Sunday Morning” on September 3, 2006, Rogers talked with correspondent Russ Mitchell about his transition from avant-garde jazz, folk and rock to country, and his passion for photography. Mitchell also talked with superstar Dolly Parton about her hit duet with Rogers, “Islands in the Stream.”
Legendary soul artist Bill Withers, the singer of hits "Lean On Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine," has died from heart complications, his family confirmed in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 81. Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green report on his legacy.
Longtime CBS communications chief Gil Schwartz died Saturday of natural causes. Schwartz retired as senior executive vice president and chief communications officer at CBS Corporation in 2018. "For the better part of three decades, Gil Schwartz led CBS communications with creative flair, craftsman-like expertise, and an abundance of personality," CBS said in a statement. Schwartz was 68 years old.
Actor and comedian Jerry Stiller died of natural causes at the age of 92. Stiller first became famous in the 1950s as a comedy partner to his wife, Anne Meara. He re-emerged in the '90s as Frank Costanza, George's high-strung father on "Seinfeld." Ben Stiller tweeted that his father will be greatly missed.
Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Richard's, told The Associated Press that Little Richard died Saturday morning.
Usher posted a photo on Instagram with him, Harrell and Combs, writing "You were the beginning for so many and a genuine positive energy through it all ... I salute you KING!"
Horn's partner in magic, Siegfried Fischbacher, said in a statement that, "the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend."
Sneed appeared with the choir in 1996 film "The Preacher's Wife," starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington.
It appeared to be either a heart attack or related to being shocked by 220 volts of electricity while on the job the week prior, but autopsy results are pending.
