Former UH baseball captain, wife, daughter killed in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant

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HOUSTON — Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant was among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in California Sunday, Jan. 26. KHOU has learned that a baseball coach, who played his college ball at the University of Houston, was also on that chopper.

Orange Coast College confirmed that John Altobelli was killed in the crash. Altobelli’s…