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    Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna are eulogized in a moving memorial service

    by Hailey Branson-Potts, Emmanuel Morgan and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Feb 25, 2020 6 minutes

    LOS ANGELES_Vanessa Bryant took the stage in front of about 20,000 people Monday in Staples Center to talk about two loves in her life, her 13-year-old daughter Gianna and her husband Kobe, one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

    With tears in her eyes, but a steadfast voice, she spoke of him as a fierce competitor on the basketball court. He was the Black Mamba. A Lakers legend. A writer. An Oscar winner. A celebrity.

    But to this young widow he was her "Kobe-Kobe, my boo-boo, my bae-boo, my papi chulo," she said to the stage-side celebrities and everyday fans in seats high above. "I was his Vivi, his principessa, his reina, his Queen Mamba. ... I couldn't see him as a celebrity, nor just an incredible basketball player. He was my sweet husband, and the beautiful father of our children. He was mine."

    For more that two hours, his memory

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