Vanessa chose February 24 as the date for the memorial in honor of the pair's uniform numbers. Staples Center sold out for the memorial, and the money made from ticket sales will be given to the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, which supports youth sports programs in under-served communities and teaches sports to girls and women. Several other famous sports figures who knew Kobe personally and professionally also spoke at the memorial, which featured musical performances byВ BeyoncГ©, Alicia Keys and Christina Aguilera. Vanessa Bryant, Kobe's wife and Gianna's mother, paid tribute to the pair at a public memorial in Los Angeles in February More than 20,000 had packed the Staples Center on February 24 for a public memorial service attended by many sporting greats and other celebrities.

It is reported that an unmarked plot was chosen to deter hordes of Bryants fans making a shrine of the site. All that is known about the Bryants unmarked grave is that it is situated at the top of the cemetery and looks down onto Newport Coast where Kobe's widow Vanessa, 37, lives with their three surviving daughters. The plot - believed to cost more than $450,000 - reportedly belongs to someone who was buried in November. It is not known if he was able to reach any of the coffins beneath but Pacific View staff had swiftly called police and waited with the man until they arrived. He then peeled back turf and had been using tools to dig into the earth. The suspect had allegedly been wearing knee pads and climbed over the 4ft wall which surrounds the gated site. Police spokeswoman Heather Rangel told The SunВ that the suspect 'complied immediately' and was booked into Orange County Jail for vandalism.

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