"The world has lost a legend, and a family has lost its light. May the prayers of millions of people from around the world give #KobeBryant 's family and those of the others who died in this heartbreaking tragedy courage and strength," she tweeted.

Bryant and his 13-year old daughter Gianna Maria Onore Bryant were among the nine people killed when a helicopter they were traveling in crashed amid foggy conditions and burst into flames in the hills above Calabasas, local media reported. -- ANI