Tribute to Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna in the Philippines.
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The basketball player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna They participated in a religious service hours before they died in a helicopter accident in southern California.
According to the Daily Mail, the NBA star and her thirteen-year-old daughter went to Mass from 7:00 a.m. in the Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Angels in Newport Beach.
The media confirmed the fact with a parish spokesman. Both Kobe and Gigi communed. The two witnessed the mass from the back and left early so as not to distract the other parishioners, a church spokesman said.
The athletes then went to the John Wayne airport to board the Sikorsky S-76B with seven other people. The final destination was the Thousand Oaks Mamba Academy where Gigi was going to have a practice. The helicopter fell in the Calabasas area around 9:30 a.m.
Bryant was known for his Catholic faith. Orange County Bishop Timothy Freyer dedicated a few words to Kobe Bryant and the rest of the victims of the incident.
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“[Kobe Bryant] He was a committed Catholic who loved his family and loved his faith, ”Freyer wrote. “As a long-time resident of Orange County and a parishioner of our diocese, Kobe frequently attended Mass and sat in the back of the church so that his presence would not distract people from focusing on the presence of Christ. “
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