John Altobelli, 56; Keri Altobelli; Alyssa AltobelliAltobelli and his wife, Keri, were on board the helicopter with their daughter Alyssa, who played on the same club team as Gianna Bryant. Altobelli was the longest-tenured baseball coach in Orange Coast College history. “If your son played for him, he treated him like a son. If you worked for him, you were part of his family.”Johnson said that Altobelli had grown close to Bryant and had flown in Bryant’s helicopter several times. Altobelli, who lived in Newport Beach, helped hundreds of players earn scholarships to Division I programs over the past three decades.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 27, 2020 12:56 UTC