![]() Also, his former teammate Shaquille O'Neal talked about him being a little brother, too. But you know, he talked about Kobe Bryant having been a little brother to him. ![]() He joked that he'd be seeing pictures of himself crying for a long time. He had tears streaming down his face the entire time. I happened to catch a snatch where Michael Jordan was trying to speak, and I say trying because it looked like he just could not stop crying.ĭEL BARCO: Oh, my gosh. KELLY: Before we move on from who was there, there were also some of the biggest basketball stars ever. She didn't talk about that during the ceremony, though. Kobe was coaching her when - and her team.Īnd you know, Mary Louise, just before the memorial, the news broke that Vanessa is suing the helicopter company for the accident that killed them. And she says Gigi wanted to be the best player in the WNBA. ![]() You know, she gave a heart-wrenching talk about her romantic soul mate Kobe, who she nicknamed her papi chulo and boo-boo, and their daughter Gigi, who was on her way to being a great basketball player herself. You know, everyone nearly held their breath and cried for his wife, Vanessa Bryant, who was with him for 20 years and is now left with their three daughters. It kicked off with Beyonce singing his favorite songs and Alicia Keys playing the piano for him and Christina Aguilera singing "Ave Maria." And as you know, the celebration - it was star-studded. And so many people were wearing the gold-and-purple LA Lakers jersey with Kobe's old numbers, 24 and 8. What was it like inside the arena?ĭEL BARCO: Yeah, it was pretty amazing inside the Staples Center, which is now affectionately known as the house that Kobe built, where Kobe Bryant played his entire 20-year career with the LA Lakers here. So I was following along as this memorial unfolded, and just - wow. ![]() NPR's Mandalit del Barco was inside the memorial today. The basketball legend and his daughter were killed in a helicopter crash with seven others on January 26. This morning, tens of thousands of Kobe Bryant's fans and friends and family gathered at the Staples Center in LA to celebrate his life and the life of his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. ![]()
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