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Black20Ice Star Player
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:41 pm Post subject: Kobe & Gianna Have Been Laid To Rest |
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Quote: | The NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter have been laid to rest, E! News can confirm. The private Los Angeles funeral comes just two weeks after the pair—along with passengers Christina Mauser, John Altobelli, Keri Altobelli, Alyssa Altobelli, Sarah Chester, Payton Chester and pilot Ara Zobayan—tragically passed away in a helicopter crash. At the time of the incident, the group were headed for a basketball tournament at Kobe's Mamba Sport Academy.
Though the ceremony was held privately, a public memorial will be held on February 24 at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, giving fans an opportunity to pay their respects. "We are one city that believes in each other, believes in something bigger than ourselves," Mayor Eric Garcetti has said. "We will absolutely do everything to make sure that this is done so that everybody can come to it as well." |
https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/1122168/kobe-bryant-and-daughter-gianna-laid-to-rest-2-weeks-after-tragic-helicopter-crash |
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Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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May they rest forever in peace. God bless them both. _________________ Under New Management |
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danzag Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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God bless them. May they Rest In Peace. |
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Baron Von Humongous wrote: | May they rest forever in peace. God bless them both. |
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Brawn13 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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Rule the courts up in heaven Kobe and Gigi!!!! |
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ksmgf Star Player
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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RIP Kobe and Gigi!
As it should be...a private funeral! |
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PASTOR RILEY Star Player
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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Man it still doesn’t seems to be real |
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Dr. Laker Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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PASTOR RILEY wrote: | Man it still doesn’t seems to be real |
_________________ On Lakersground, a concern troll is someone who is a fan of another team, but pretends to be a Lakers fan with "concerns". |
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Hollywood $winger Starting Rotation
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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still does not seem real _________________ aka west-magic-kobe |
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yinoma2001 Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Rest In Peace Mamba and baby Mamba. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals |
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GTL Star Player
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Ugh, just too sad to put into words but here I go.
Kobe - I have loved you for so long...20 years of my life man. I spent more then half my life following you. I grew up with you. You're only 5 years my elder, but I never viewed it through the lens of age with you. You transcended all that for me. It wasn't even about your abilities. The way you made me feel whenever you did something spectacular. That smile radiated through my TV screen, or anytime I saw you on a magazine, or if I was lucky enough to pull a Kobe card out of a pack of Upper Deck or Fleer. You meant the world to me because you were an image of happiness in my life. That despite the raining and pouring of life throughout the various stages of aging, you were always there. That's why that number doesn't matter to me. Whether I was a 13 year old kid, 21 year old adult, 28 year old man, or 35 year old family man. That happiness never waned. I will always, always, always love you for that feeling you made me feel. Forever Kobe.
Gianna - I recently started following you more and more. For the last year and a a half, you've been showing the world that the almighty Kobe Bryant didn't need a son to carry on his legacy! You had that in your back pocket all along. With your long wingspan and natural God given ability, you had all the makings of a superstar athlete. The future of the WNBA. The future of women's sports. A bright light for kids worldwide to look up to and emulate. Just as I was once a kid looking up to Kobe, I was ecstatic to know that you took that mantle and were carrying it with pride. Knowing that the new generation of youth had a role model in you Gigi, to now follow in the footsteps of. You were taken too soon, and I will never fully understand why. But I know this, you are, and always will be, Mambacita, the greatest female 13 year old basketball player I have ever laid my eyes on.
God bless both of these beautiful souls. _________________ I miss you Kobe. I miss you Gigi. |
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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GTL wrote: | Ugh, just too sad to put into words but here I go.
Kobe - I have loved you for so long...20 years of my life man. I spent more then half my life following you. I grew up with you. You're only 5 years my elder, but I never viewed it through the lens of age with you. You transcended all that for me. It wasn't even about your abilities. The way you made me feel whenever you did something spectacular. That smile radiated through my TV screen, or anytime I saw you on a magazine, or if I was lucky enough to pull a Kobe card out of a pack of Upper Deck or Fleer. You meant the world to me because you were an image of happiness in my life. That despite the raining and pouring of life throughout the various stages of aging, you were always there. That's why that number doesn't matter to me. Whether I was a 13 year old kid, 21 year old adult, 28 year old man, or 35 year old family man. That happiness never waned. I will always, always, always love you for that feeling you made me feel. Forever Kobe.
Gianna - I recently started following you more and more. For the last year and a a half, you've been showing the world that the almighty Kobe Bryant didn't need a son to carry on his legacy! You had that in your back pocket all along. With your long wingspan and natural God given ability, you had all the makings of a superstar athlete. The future of the WNBA. The future of women's sports. A bright light for kids worldwide to look up to and emulate. Just as I was once a kid looking up to Kobe, I was ecstatic to know that you took that mantle and were carrying it with pride. Knowing that the new generation of youth had a role model in you Gigi, to now follow in the footsteps of. You were taken too soon, and I will never fully understand why. But I know this, you are, and always will be, Mambacita, the greatest female 13 year old basketball player I have ever laid my eyes on.
God bless both of these beautiful souls. |
This is too well said, makes me want to cry again.
And I am a grown ass 35 years old man.
Wish this whole thing never happened. But regardless we must celebrate their time here to move forward.
I can see them both just enjoying themselves and playing the game they love up in the sky, and reuniting with their love ones in a timeless dimension where everything that is going to happen happened. |
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TDRock Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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PASTOR RILEY wrote: | Man it still doesn’t seems to be real |
At all. I see all the stories, I have the newspaper, SportsNet is showing the Backstage Lakers episode of the Portland / tribute game which I was there in attendance but I STILL cannot get my brain around the fact that this really happened.
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Kirby Brian Star Player
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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Seriously......it still doesn't feel real! Especially when you read "Kobe Bryant laid to rest. Funeral. RIP. Death. Crash. Celebration of his life."
I cant get over it |
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ViolaMB Star Player
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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finally Drazen Petrovic gets some serious competition on the courts in heaven https://imgur.com/oZWS34r
every time i wake up i say to myself man what a disgusting dream i just had but after a couple of minutes it's all so real every single time, over and over again. _________________ ANOTHER WIN IN LA! BOSTON SUCKS! |
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Black20Ice Star Player
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venturalakersfan Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Time for the healing to begin. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023. |
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StoicChalice392 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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dcastillo Star Player
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Kirby Brian wrote: | Seriously......it still doesn't feel real! Especially when you read "Kobe Bryant laid to rest. Funeral. RIP. Death. Crash. Celebration of his life."
I cant get over it |
Reading that still feels unreal. I keep thinking to myself I wasn’t supposed to see that headline till I grew old. |
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CabinCreek44 Star Player
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:14 am Post subject: |
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RIP Kobe and Gianna. Prayers for Vanessa and the girls, and the Bryant family. |
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lakerlynx Starting Rotation
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4) _________________ Chick Hearn and Vin Scully. How lucky are we? |
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Nobody Star Player
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:53 am Post subject: |
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Feels wrong to read that. Only 41 and 13 years old, man.
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lakersfever714 Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:07 am Post subject: |
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R.I.P. Kobe and Gigi _________________ LeGoat! LeMazing! LeGend! |
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Mamba Mentality Star Player
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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Rest at the end, not the middle. Unfortunately the end was too soon for all 9 of them. Miss you Kob and Gigi _________________ “You can't be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.” - Kobe Bryant |
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