Friends, family and fans came to remember basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna at a memorial in Los Angeles.
The pair were killed along with seven others in a helicopter crash in January.
The memorial – attended by 20,000 mourners – began with a performance by Beyonce and was hosted by late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.
A number of speakers took to the stage at the Los Angeles Staples Center stadium including Kobe’s widow Vanessa, his friend, basketball player Diana Taurasi and his ‘big brother’ Michael Jordan.
Bryant’s widow remembered him as a devoted father and husband who arrived early for school pick-ups and wrote heartfelt cards and letters.
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In This Story: Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan is an American former professional basketball player who is the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Jordan won his first NBA championship with the Bulls in 1991, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a “three-peat”. Jordan abruptly retired from basketball before the 1993–94 NBA season to play Minor League Baseball, but returned to the Bulls in March 1995 and led them to three more championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998, as well as a then-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. He retired for a second time in January 1999 but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.
In 2014, Jordan became the first billionaire player in NBA history, with a net worth of $2.1 billion.
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