Kobe Bryant’s body finally released along with tragic daughter Gigi as family prepare for NBA legend’s funeral
KOBE And Gigi Bryant’s bodies have been released by the LA county coroner as their heartbroken family prepare to say a final farewell at their funeral.
The NBA legend, 41, and his daughter Gianna, 13, were identified among the nine killed in a on January 26.
last night their bodies had been released for burial after their identities and were determined by investigators.
The remains of four have also been released, while the are ready for burial but are still with the coroner.
Kobe’s shattered and their can now prepare for a funeral as the star’s millions of fans continue to mourn.
Last night the Super Bowl paid tribute to , one of the world’s biggest sports stars thanks to his astonishing skill on the court.
The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers to the LA Lakers hero’s shirt number as a photo of him and Gigi was shown on a giant screen.
Gigi was herself a talented athlete who was following her father’s footsteps into basketball.
They were flying to his Mamba Academy for a youth tournament when the Sikorsky-76 chopper came down in fog in the Calabasas mountains northwest of Los Angeles.
Vanessa Bryant, 37, is said to be so devastated but is trying to stay strong for daughters Natalia, 17, Bianka, three, and Capri, seven months.
Last week she in her first tribute since the tragedy.
Vanessa also in another post on Instagram.
Video emerged last week apparently showing the before what an expert called the “totally avoidable” crash.
The 185mph impact sparked a brush fire and scattered debris over an area the size of a football field.
At the controls was Ara Zobayan, 50, said to be the only pilot Kobe would fly with.
Also killed were Orange Coast College basketball coach John Altobelli, 56, his wife Keri, 46, and their daughter Alyssa, 13, who played on the same team as Gianna.
We told last week how the Altobellis’ surviving daughter Lexi, 16, .
Christina Mauser, a girls’ basketball coach at a private school in Orange County, also died along with Sarah Chester and her teen daughter Payton.
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