Kobe Bryant dies: The misadventure of the legend: other victims of fatal accidents

Petrovic or Fernando Martn died on the road; Joaqun Blume, Rocky Marciano or Graham Hill in air accidents

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The death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter accident in which his daughter Gianna also died dragged the memory of so many accidents that cut the lives of athletes. Many of them are, like the tragedy of Superga (1949) that ended with Il Grande Torino and that left 31 dead; the Mnich disaster (1958), where 23 people died, including eight Manchester United footballers. Bobby Charlton or coach Matt Busby survived; or, more recently, the Brazilian Chapecoense areo accident that left 71 dead or the death of Argentine striker Emiliano Sala (2019) when he flew to Cardiff to take a place in the Premier. Although basketball, with the road as a fatal destination, also leads to the damn memory.

Petrovic

The Genius of Sibenik was 28 years old when the Volkswagen Golf driving his girlfriend on a German motorway (Dankendorf), was built against a road (1993). There were 44 points left for Real Madrid when he was still playing in the Cibona de Zagreb. Also the contradictory aftertaste of his short stage in the white club, where he won the Recopa while plotting his jump into forbidden territory, the NBA. The war of Yugoslavia that separated him from Vlado Divac. The torture of being relegated to indifference in the Blazers of Drexler and Porter. Until finally in the Nets reached the status for which he had fought so much. The NBA learned to respect him when he had to say goodbye.

Fernando Martn

At that time, at 27, he was going around what his career held. He had returned from the NBA for more than two years. Disenchanted despite his pioneer work. George Karl, new coach of Real Madrid, must return the illusion to one of the best pvots in the history of Spanish basketball. The 215-horsepower Lancia Thema became uncontrollable that Sunday afternoon of December 3, 1989 on the M-30. Speeding and opposing a treacherous puddle did not forgive. Choc with Ricardo Delgado's Opel Kadett, seriously injured. Fernando Martn's companions learned of his death as they arrived at the Palacio de los Deportes, where they had to play a game against CAI Zaragoza.

Joaqun Blume

Nor had he reached thirty. So many things to do and desires to fulfill. No one like him was able to execute the Christ. Europe respected the great gymnast Barcelona, ​​pioneer in Spain. More after proclaiming champion of Europe with 25 years. The 1960 Olympic Games in Rome must encumbrate him. But that twin-engine DC-3 of Iberia that took off from Barcelona on the afternoon of Thursday, April 29, 1959 in flight to Madrid crashed in the Sierra de Cuenca. A storm ended with everything.

Rocky Marciano

Jams lost. 43 K.O. in 49 fights. A heavyweight that never closed an evening without raising his arms. Twisted nose, hands that were bricks, and that Italian-American bearing that made him remain in the collective memory. I cry when he defeats what had been his childhood idol, Joe Louis. He wanted fate that no one could even notice his sunset. One day before his 46th birthday, on August 31, 1969, his plane crashed in Newton, Iowa.

Graham hill

They called him Mr. Mnaco. It was easy. On board his Formula 1 he won up to five times in the Monegasque circuit. The British, twice world champion of Formula 1 (1962 and 1968), was one of the most complete drivers that has given motoring. He won the triple crown, adding to his success in Mnaco the 500 Miles of Indianpolis (1966) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1972). Damon Hill's father, also a world champion, vanished into the fog with the plane he was flying shortly before flying over London (1975). I was 46 years old.

Angel Nieto

Your manas. Insist that he had been a motorcycling world champion 12 + 1 times. Only Giacomo Agostini earned more than l. Fatality crossed his path when he could afford the satisfaction of enjoying from the barrier. He drives a quad in Ibiza (2017) when he was involved in an accident with a Fiat 500. He died eight days later. I was 70 years old.

Colin McRae

Son of the pilot Jimmy McRae, he was named a member of the Order of the British Empire after winning the World Rally Championship in 1995 after a hard struggle with Carlos Sainz. In September 2017, at 39, the helicopter he himself piloted crashed in Lanark. His oldest son, Johnny, also died five years.