Kobe Bryant's co-author Paulo Coelho deleted the draft of their unfinished book

Kobe Bryant had been working on a children's book before his tragic death. Now, his co-author, Paulo Coelho, has deleted the draft. "You were more than a great player, dear Kobe Bryant," the writer tweeted after news of the basketball star's passing broke. "I learned a lot by interacting with you. Will delete the draft right now, this book has lost its reason." He also shared a screenshot of an August 2019 text exchange with Bryant in which the Lakers legend wrote, “Let's right that book together.” Many fans urged Coelho to finish the book in Bryant's honour. During an interview with the Associated Press, Coelho said he "deleted the draft because it didn't make any sense to publish without him." "It wouldn't add anything relevant to him or his family," Coelho told the AP, as per HuffPost. "That doesn't stop me from writing someday about things I learned from Kobe and how much of a larger than life person he was. But the children's book did not make sense anymore." As for the idea behind the book, Coelho claimed it was meant to inspire underprivileged children to overcome adversity through sports.

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