Kobe's Father, Joe Bryant, is dead at 69.

Kobe Bryant's father, Joe Bryant, died on Tuesday at the age of 69. The athletic department at La Salle University in Philadelphia confirmed his death. Bryant, who was known as Jellybean because he enjoyed that candy, averaged 19 and 22 points a game in two seasons at La Salle before he was chosen 14th overall in the 1975 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors traded him to the 76ers because they couldn't agree on a salary.