A huge tragedy has hit Southern California's sports community, as retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others have perished in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, in western Los Angeles County:
"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930."--Linda Ronstadt