Jordan pays tribute to 'brother' Kobe at memorial

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A tearful Michael Jordan on Monday (Feb 24) commemorated his “little brother” Kobe Bryant at a star-filled memorial in Los Angeles for the basketball great and his daughter Gianna, who died with seven others in a helicopter crash last month. “When Kobe Bryant died, a...

Another basketball great, Shaquille O’Neal, who won three NBA titles with Bryant, also spoke at the ceremony attended by some 20,000 people, while several music stars, including Beyonce and Alicia Keys, performed.

“I’m here because I love Kobe,” said the 70-time Grammy-nominated Beyonce as she launched into one of Bryant’s favorite songs “XO”, dressed in a golden suit – the colour of the Los Angeles Lakers, Bryant’s team for two decades. Bryant’s widow Vanessa paid a tearful tribute to her late husband and daughter, saying she could not fathom life without them.

“God knew they couldn’t be on this earth without each other,” Bryant said in her first public remarks since the Jan 26 crash.She spoke of her heartbreak at not being able to watch Gianna, who was 13, grow up and missing important moments of her life. “I won’t be able to tell her how gorgeous she looks on her wedding day,” she said through tears, receiving a standing ovation for the tribute.

 

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