Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers asked reporters to give his players space so they could grieve Bryant's death privately, Rivers spoke outside the Clippers' locker room.
The day that National Basketball Association superstar Kobe Bryant boarded a fateful helicopter flight with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others passengers, eyewitnesses recounted thick fog over the foothills where the chopper went down.
Bryant was 41 years old, and is survived by his wife Vanessa, and their three daughters.
The seven others killed in the crash were identified by family, friends and officials throughout the day Sunday.
Gigi's teammate Alysa Altobelli and her parents John and Keri Altobelli were on the helicopter. "He truly personified what it means to be a baseball coach". Todd Schmidt, the former principal at Harbor View, recalled the Chester family's "huge impact" on the school in a Facebook post early Monday, calling them "genuine, kind-hearted, and caring".
Altobelli, 56, leaves behind a son and daughter, according to an OCC Pirate Athletics news release.
"Rest In Peace to the most incredible Mother and sister".
"Tonight is for Kobe", Lizzo said before opening the show with a performance of her hit "Cuz I Love You".
"[Kobe] didn't choose Christina for just any ordinary reason - she was extraordinary", Mauser remembered. Mauser worked at a nearby private elementary school. He said it's the greatest thing in the world, the father-daughter relationship, and to see how quickly and easily he could move from basketball, which consumes us, to life after basketball, which was business and family and all the things he was into.
"My kids and I are devastated".
We at RideApart join the world in mourning this awful loss of life, and extend our condolences to all who knew and loved everyone who tragically lost their lives in this crash. "Please respect our privacy", he wrote Sunday. "They included "L.A., OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO YOU" and "#RIPKOBE". In addition to being a pilot, Zobayan was also a flight instructor.
The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed the aircraft involved in the fatal crash, which is still under investigation, was a Sikorsky S-76. Those rules allow helicopters to fly in conditions where visibility is an issue, which appears to have been the case with the helicopter that crashed in Calabasas.
