A great many people would like to forget 2020, but a day of remembrance is fast approaching. The one-year anniversary of the fatal helicopter crash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and seven other Orange County residents will be on Tuesday. A Southern California sports icon and a Newport Beach resident, tributes have taken place for Bryant over the course of the past year. Orange County declared Aug. 24 to be “Kobe Bryant Day,” representing the Nos. Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife, Keri, and daughter, Alyssa, were among the victims in the helicopter crash.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 23, 2021 01:43 UTC