FINAL PRAYERS Kobe and Gigi attended a Catholic mass at a church near their Newport Beach home hours before they died in the tragic helicopter crash.
The Sikorsky S-76 crashed into a Calabasas hillside after flying in fog
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DEATH OF A LEGEND Celebrities and fans grieve the loss of a star
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he sports world was in mourning this week as former professional basketballer Kobe Bryant was tragically killed in a helicopter crash along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna (‘Gigi’). The pair were on their way to the LA Lakers star’s Mamba Academy for Gigi’s basketball game on January 26 when the
CELEBS SPEAK OUT Former US president Barack Obama, Justin Bieber, Alicia Keys, Ellen DeGeneres, Gigi Hadid and Lizzo were among many who flooded social media with tributes to the basketball legend.
chopper came down not far from Kourtney Kardashian’s Calabasas home, after flying in thick fog. Six others as well as the pilot also perished. Kobe, 41, leaves behind wife Vanessa, 37, and daughters Natalia, 17, Bianka, three, and Capri, seven months. Other players and A-listers paid tribute to the much-loved star. ‘He was a fierce competitor, one of the greats of the game and a creative force,’ said Michael Jordan, while Reese Witherspoon shared on Twitter, ‘Just devastated.’
Friends say Kobe and Vanessa had a pact ‘never to fly together’
