Calabasas helicopter crash: Remembering Kobe Bryant, Gianna, 7 other victims on 3-year anniversary (2024)

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Sarah Chester had been married to Chris Chester for more than 20 years. Sarah Chester was also an alumna of Whittier College, where she played volleyball and met Chris. They have two other children, both boys.

Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant (May 1, 2006 — January 26, 2020, also known as Gigi Bryant and Mambacita) was an American student-athlete and the daughter of National Basketball Association Hall-of-Famer Kobe Bryant. Together with her father and seven others, she died in a helicopter crash in 2020 at age 13.

January 26, 2020 (age 13 years), Calabasas, CA

Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant / Died

LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were buried Friday in a cemetery near the family's Southern California home, according to death certificates.

Kobe Bryant died January 26, 2020 at age 41 in a helicopter crash, along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and 7 other passengers. His net worth at the time of his death was an estimated $600 million.

Profits from the design will benefit the "Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation," the charity started by Vanessa in honor of her late husband Kobe and Gigi as a way to support underserved child athletes, per the brand. Gigi died at age 13 alongside Kobe, 41, in January 2020 helicopter crash.

Bryant leads the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting child athletes who are in need. Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Her father was African-American, and her mother is Mexican. Her mother Vanessa was a model, and her father Kobe Bryant was a famous basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers and won five N.B.A.

The others killed in the crash were the pilot Ara Zobayan; Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife, Keri, and their daughter Alyssa; Christina Mauser, who helped Bryant coach his daughter's basketball team; and Sarah Chester and her daughter Payton. Alyssa and Payton were Gianna's teammates.

Vanessa Bryant concluded her speech by quoting Kobe saying, "leave the game better than you found it, and when it comes time for you to leave, leave a legend. And that he did." The curtain dropped to reveal the 19-foot bronze statue as confetti fell from the ceiling, and the crowd applauded.

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Natalia Diamante Bryant

Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant / Sister

The reports by the Los Angeles County coroner's office provide a clinical but unvarnished look at just how brutal the crash was, describing broken bones, dismembered body parts and a stench of fuel on what remained of clothing that burned.

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were buried Feb. 7 in a private ceremony in Corona del Mar, California, according to death certificates released Tuesday by Los Angeles County officials. The burial occurred at Pacific View Memorial Park, which is near the family's home in Orange County.

Flames engulfed the wreckage, but burns on the bodies were determined to have occurred after death. Bryant's body was found on one side of the wreckage, and his daughter's was found in a ravine on the opposite side.

She wrote on Instagram, "Congratulations on your 8th grade graduation Gigi.

At the time of her death, Gianna was in the middle of her 8th grade as student at Harbor Day School in California.

Vanessa Bryant

Kobe Bryant / Wife (m. 2001–2020)