Tag: Kobe

Tearful Michael Jordan commemorates ‘little brother’ Kobe Bryant

  by Jocelyne ZABLIT Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A tearful Michael Jordan on Monday remembered his “little brother” Kobe Bryant at a star-filled memorial in Los Angeles for the basketball great and his daughter Gianna, who died with seven others in a helicopter crash last month. “When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died, and as I look in this arena, across the globe, a piece of you died,” […]

Bryant’s widow sues helicopter company over fatal crash

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa filed a lawsuit on Monday against the operators of the helicopter that crashed on January 26, killing the NBA icon and eight others. The suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on the same day that Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and the other seven crash victims were memorialized in a public ceremony at the Staples Center. The lawsuit names Island Express Helicopters, […]

Kobe Bryant’s body identified among helicopter crash victims

by Andrew MARSZAL Agence France Presse Medical examiners identified the body of NBA legend Kobe Bryant after recovering the remains of all nine people who died in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles, officials said Tuesday. Bryant’s body was officially identified along with three others using fingerprints, two days after their helicopter crashed into a rugged hillside northwest of the city. Meanwhile federal investigators finished their inspection of the crash site, handing it over to […]