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Gianna and her parents watch while her sister Natalia sells Girl Scout Cookies to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, January 26, 2010. Gianna "Gigi" Bryant was born on May 1, 2006, the daughter of National Basketball Association Hall-of-Famer athlete Kobe Bryant and businesswoman, philanthropist and model Vanessa Bryant.
Bryant leads the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting child athletes who are in need. On January 26, 2020, Bryant's husband Kobe and her daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Bryant subsequently filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County, which was later settled in 2023.
KB Home is an American homebuilding company founded in 1957 as Kaufman & Broad in Detroit, Michigan. It was the first company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange as a home builder. Its headquarters are in Los Angeles, California. The company has built 600,000 homes since its founding. [2] It builds homes primarily for first-time home ...
The same auction firm Joe and Pamela Bryant used 11 years ago in an aborted attempt to sell the same ring and dozens of other items related to Kobe put the 2000 championship ring up for sale March ...
On February 8, 2024, The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a 19-foot statue of deceased retired NBA player Kobe Bryant outside of the Crypto.com Arena. [6] The statue, sculpted by Julie Rotblatt-Amrany, [7] depicts Bryant's right index finger skyward pose after his famous career-high 81-point game on January 22, 2006, against the Toronto Raptors, with his name and scorer's report from that game ...
Kobe Bryant Day (also called Mamba Day [a]) is a day that is celebrated on August 24 in Los Angeles and Orange County [2] commemorating the life of basketball player Kobe Bryant. [3] The date was chosen as the holiday because of Bryant's numbers on his jerseys (8 and 24), [ 4 ] as well as it being the day after his birthday, August 23. [ 5 ]
Kobe Bean Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [6] [7] His mother, Pam Bryant (née Cox), is the sister of basketball player Chubby Cox, and his father, Joe Bryant, who played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [8] [9] He has two older sisters: Sharia and Shaya.
The crash claimed the lives of all nine people on board, including Kobe and Gianna. [6] The statue serves as a poignant reminder of their legacy and the bond they shared. The date of the unveiling, 8/2/24, holds numerological significance as it represents Kobe's two NBA numbers (8 and 24) and Gigi's number 2, which she wore on the basketball ...