“We are standing her literally heartbroken in the house that Kobe Bryant built.”ADBryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others were killed in the crash on a steep hillside in dense morning fog in Southern California. Music artists including Billy Ray Cyrus, Rick Ross and Kirk Franklin paid tribute to Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star and five-time champion. Long live Kobe Bryant. ADRoss remembered a brief conversation he had with Bryant that involved him admiring the NBA star’s craft. A few hundred people gathered at L.A. Live in front of a mega screen with a smiling Bryant that read, “In Loving Memory of KOBE BRYANT 1978-2020”Smokey Robinson choked up on camera as he spoke of Bryant, whom he called a friend.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2020 01:30 UTC