Vanessa Bryant, loved ones share intimate portraits of Kobe, Gianna during Staples Center memorial

Thousands of mourners gathered at Staples Center Monday morning, as well as across all of Los Angeles, to say farewell to Kobe and Gianna Bryant nearly a month after they were killed with 7 others in a helicopter crash.

With 20,000 fans packed in the arena where Bryant played for the Los Angeles Lakers for two decades, the memorial service, dubbed “A Celebration of Life,” began with a performance from Beyonce who sang renditions of “XO” and “Halo.”

Inside the area, the concourse was a sea of people dressed in the team colors of purple and yellow and others in black. On the scoreboard, the Bryant family’s life flashed by in pictures: Vanessa and Kobe, Kobe and Gianna, the whole family in costumes, Gianna on the court, baby pictures of Gianna and her father.

Those in attendance were given a program containing photos, a purple KB pin and a T-shirt with photos of the father and daughter.

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