Biden reacts to Kobe Bryant's death: 'It makes you realize you gotta make every day count'

Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE commented on basketball star Kobe Bryant’s sudden death Sunday at a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa. 

Biden said he didn’t know Bryant well and “only met him a couple times.”

“It makes you realize that you gotta make every day count, every single solid day, every single day count,” he said.

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The presidential candidate was set to speak at Urban Dreams, a nonprofit serving the underprivileged, when the crowd was informed of Bryant’s death, with reports from NBC News saying the news led to “audible gasps.”

The audience was then led in a moment of silence.

The former Los Angeles Lakers guard died at 41 in a helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles, according to multiple reports. The other four passengers on the helicopter also died.