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Seven other people, including the pilot, were also killed in the crash.
the house that Kobe built.
At the end of both songs, she shared a heartwarming look with Vanessa Bryant in the audience.
Full performance:@Beyoncehonors Kobe Bryant with “XO” and “Halo.
But hislove for Bryant overflowedat the Celebration of Life as he remarked upon Bryants enormous impact on the world.
Kimmel also made recurring appearances throughout the service, introducing several guest speakers.
Outside of her family, Gianna Bryant was already changing the world for girls who love basketball.
Inside her family, Vanessa Bryant remembers a sensitive, sweet daddys girl.
She always kept our family together, Bryant shared.
She loved family traditions.
Family movie night and game night on vacations were important to her.
She was a great student and an even better daughter.
We loved each other so much, Bryant cried.
I miss her so much.
“Gigi would have easily become the best player in the WNBA.
He gifted me the actual notebook and the blue dress Rachel McAdams wore inThe Notebookmovie, she said.
We had hoped to grow old together like the movie.
We really had an amazing love story.
And a few days later,he knew it.
Alicia Keys honored him at the Celebration of Life by playing Moonlight Sonata on a purple grand piano.
Now hes got me Im gonna have to look at another crying meme, he laughed.
That is what Kobe Bryant does to me.
“Now he’s got me I’m going to have to look at another crying meme.”
- Michael Jordan#KobeFarewellpic.twitter.com/OHnxIR2CRm
Shaqrememberedthe sarcastic and lets just say independentplayer Bryant was.
I said, Ill talk to him.
I said Kobe, theres no I in team.
Kobe said, I know, but theres an M-E in that motherfucker.
That got Magic Johnson, Dwyane Wade, and Steph Curry laughing.
The pop star used her iconic voice to honor the basketball player in his second language, Italian.
Christina Aguilera gives an emotional performance at Kobe and Gianna’s memorial.
you might rewatch Bryants moving ode to the sportonline.