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Timberlake shared that the last conversation he had with Bryant was \"about being fathers and what that meant.\"

\"That was, beyond all the things that we could do in this world, our true legacy,\" he wrote. \"Who our children are and what beautiful people they will become. And, I guess right now, without being able to find all the words, THAT father connection is what is most devastating for me.\"

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Timberlake sent his love to Kobe’s widow Vanessa and their family, concluding, \"Champ, MVP, Legend, Hero, Inspiration, Father, Friend. I’m gonna miss you, brother. Mamba forever.\"

Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people died Sunday morning in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles.

The NBA legend leaves behind three other daughters: 17-year-old Natalia, three-year-old Bianka and seven-month-old Capri.

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