{"id":39099,"date":"2024-07-16T16:26:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=39099"},"modified":"2024-07-16T16:26:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:26:10","slug":"joe-jellybean-bryant-passes-away-at-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/07\/16\/joe-jellybean-bryant-passes-away-at-69\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe &#8216;Jellybean&#8217; Bryant Passes Away at 69"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are saddened to report on the passing of Joe &#8216;Jellybean&#8217; Bryant. A basketball legend in his own right and father of the late NBA icon Kobe Bryant, Joe Bryant had a distinguished career as both a player and a coach. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bryant recently suffered a stroke and had been battling health issues for some time. He was 69 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bryant&#8217;s legacy extends beyond his family ties; he made significant contributions to the sport through his career in the NBA and his years of coaching. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the Bryant family and ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are saddened to report on the passing of Joe &#8216;Jellybean&#8217; Bryant. A basketball legend in his own right and father of the late NBA icon Kobe Bryant, Joe Bryant had a distinguished career as both a player and a coach. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bryant recently suffered a stroke and had been battling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":39102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39103,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39099\/revisions\/39103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}