{"id":288590,"date":"2020-02-24T12:28:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T19:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1125492"},"modified":"2020-02-24T12:28:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T19:28:47","slug":"beyonce-jennifer-lopez-and-more-stars-attend-kobe-bryant-and-daughter-giannas-public-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/beyonce-jennifer-lopez-and-more-stars-attend-kobe-bryant-and-daughter-giannas-public-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyonc\u00e9, Jennifer Lopez and More Stars Attend Kobe Bryant and Daughter Gianna’s Public Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fans and loved ones gathered at the Los Angeles Staples Center on Monday to honor the late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant<\/a><\/strong> and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant<\/strong> with a celebration of life service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The date\u2014February 24, 2020\u2014was truly significant. Two was the number on Gianna’s basketball jersey and 24 was the number on Kobe’s jersey. The number 20 represented the number of years Kobe played for the Lakers and the number of years he was with his wife Vanessa Bryant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Attendees arrived at the Los Angeles Staples Center\u2014often referred to as “the house that Kobe built”\u2014in their Lakers attire and were given booklets featuring photos of the Bryant family<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many athletes and celebrities attended the public memorial, as well. Beyonc\u00e9 performed<\/a> and Jimmy Kimmel<\/a><\/strong> gave a moving speech. Friends and family members attended the celebration of life, as well. At one point, Vanessa paid tribute to Kobe and Gianna in an touching speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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To see more attendees, see the gallery below.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Beyonce,<\/div>\n

Beyonc\u00e9 <\/h3>\n
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The singer performed “XO” followed by “Halo.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Jimmy<\/div>\n

Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Jimmy Kimmel <\/h3>\n
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The Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> host fought back tears during his heartfelt speech.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Jennifer<\/div>\n

YouTube<\/p>\n

Jennifer Lopez & Alex Rodriguez <\/h3>\n
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The singer teared up during the public memorial.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"LL<\/div>\n

AP Photo\/Marcio Jose Sanchez<\/p>\n

LL Cool J <\/h3>\n
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The rapper attended the celebration of life service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Phil<\/div>\n

Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Phil Jackson <\/h3>\n
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Jackson attended the public memorial.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Anthony<\/div>\n

Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Anthony Davis <\/h3>\n
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The basketball player attended the celebration of life service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kobe and Gianna died in a helicopter crash<\/a> in January.  Seven others were killed in the tragic accident, as well: John Altobelli<\/strong>, a baseball coach  at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa; his wife, Keri Altobelli<\/strong>; their daughter, Alyssa Altobelli<\/strong>; Christina Mauser<\/strong>, an assistant basketball coach at Kobe’s Mamba Sports Academy; Payton Chester<\/strong>, who played on the team; her mother, Sarah Chester<\/strong>; and Ara Zobayan<\/strong>, the pilot.<\/p>\n

Kobe and Gianna were laid to rest<\/a> in a private funeral earlier this month.<\/p>\n

All of the proceeds from the celebration of life ticket sales were donated to the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation. According to the website, the organization “exists to further Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s legacy through charitable endeavors in sports.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Fans and loved ones gathered at the Los Angeles Staples Center on Monday to honor the late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant with a celebration of life service. The date\u2014February 24, 2020\u2014was truly significant. Two was the number on Gianna’s basketball jersey and 24 was the number on Kobe’s jersey. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-28 09:52:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}