Joe Bryant, Kobe Bryant’s heartbroken father pictured for the first time since losing his son and granddaughter.
Kobe Bryant, 41, died in Calabasas, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others on Sunday when his chopper crashed.
The NBA legend leaves behind wife Vanessa, 17-year-old daughters Natalia, Bianka, 3-year-old Capri, and his father and sisters Sharia and Shaya.
Kobe Bryant’s father, Joe Bryant, 65, a former NBA player, was pictured walking out of Las Vegas home he shares with Kobe’s mother, Pamela, after picking a bouquet of flowers which were delivered to him on Monday afternoon.
His appearance follows after neighbors told DailyMail.com that the disaster has turned the lives of Joe and Pamela ‘ upside down.’
‘I talked to them twice yesterday and took over food and a card, and briefly today, they are just devastated, as you can imagine,’
the neighbor said.
The neighbor added:
‘It’s a private, awful moment, losing their son and grand-daughter, it’s just horrific. I was talking to Joe briefly the day before, we were out for a walk, it was all happy and good and talking about the gorgeous weather and then it switched in 24 hours where their lives were turned upside down.
The neighbor again said:
Joe and Pamela are ‘very close’ to their daughters Sharia and Shaya who live in Las Vegas and the family has been rallying together,
‘They just need their peace, it’s been nonstop since yesterday.
‘They were here this morning and yesterday. It’s a sensitive time, I can’t even imagine what they’re going through. They are lovely, kind, decent people.’
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