Page 10 - OK! Magazine - Australia (February 2020)

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KOBE BRYANT
DEATH OF
A LEGEND
Celebrities and fans grieve the loss of a star
he sports world was in
mourning this week as former
professional basketballer Kobe
T 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.
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.
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.’
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