RIP to our fellow Disneyland fan, Kobe

[jcruise86]

I saw Kobe sitting (unlike me) courtside with his daughter at the Nov. 17, 2019, Lakers vs. Hawks game. Will Farrell & Keven Hart were also there, but Kobe was who the fans were excited about.

I've never seen a parent & their kid have more fun watching a sporting event. He spent the game laughing with her and pointing things out on the court. Other players including LeBron & Dwight Howard came over to say hello.

He was a Disney freak who frequently visited Disneyland, an Oscar winner, and a rare player to have had 2 #s retired: 8 & 24.

[MAC1986]

Kobe was my idol, I loved him and he’s always been a big part of my life, I will always remember seeing him at Disneyland after he won the 2009 NBA championship. I will will miss him, may him and his daughter find each other in the next life and find peace.

[jcruise86]

He spoke Italian fluently, took a beautiful pop star to his high school prom, trash talked Michael Jordan, won 5 NBA championships AND an Oscar, and took his kids to Disneyland MANY times. He packed a lot of life into his 41 years!

[Eagleman]

he spoke italian fluently, took a beautiful pop star to his high school prom, trash talked michael jordan, won 5 nba championships and an oscar, and took his kids to disneyland many times. He packed a lot of life into his 41 years!

sad day........................

Kobe Bryant, 41

20 years with the Lakers

also Kobe Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter was also killed
in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning

My Prayer is with all Family's
killed in helicopter crash !

[jcruise86]

(See my first post on this thread.)

[biggsworth]

Sad day.

[LADodgersBum]

Talk about a surreal moment - the Kobe news broke just as I was getting on It's a Small World. I then spent the next 10 minutes on a ride where a song is being sung about happiness and joy reading about Kobe and trying to figure out if it was true or not finally to be confirmed by multiple news sources.

[jcruise86]

A clip of Kobe speaking three languages at one press conference--there are many clips of Kobe speaking Italian & Spanish on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2t0ytNHGQc

[Starcade]

Got wind of the story as we were in line for Space Mountain yesterday, when I saw his daughter was with him as a father that part really got to me. One by one you could see people in line checking there phones and being a bit shocked when they saw what had happened.

[Golden Zephyr]

He was a HUGE Disneyland fan.

Lots of great pictures posted by the Daily Mail of a recent visit to Disneyland in October. Our family had seen him and his family a number of times in the park and at a reserved event for fireworks in front of the castle. They note that he and the family would visit the parks "up to four times a month".

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...gic-crash.html

He was a passholder and would often have a VIP tour guide with him.

A great family man and fellow Disneyland fan like us all! May he be at peace and condolences to his family, so sad and so shocking.

[Stormy]

RIP Kobe, Gigi, and all who were aboard. As someone mentioned up above Kobe certainly packed a lot of living into his 41 years. Prays for all the families dealing with this tragedy.

Getting sad news when you're at DL is, well, I guess surreal is the best word. The same thing happened to me & BFF when Robin Williams took his own life. We were in line for Toad and thought my son was pranking us.

[Eagleman]

He was a HUGE Disneyland fan.

A great family man and fellow Disneyland fan like us all! May he be at peace and condolences to his family, so sad and so shocking.

I agree
(I learn this week , he live near by us ....... Newport Beach CA )
SAD he was person who gave back to the rest of us ...he will be miss

[vitesse10]

I just wanted to post some pictures of him and his family in the park.