Los Angeles will be holding a public memorial at Staples Center on February 24 for the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant and eight others killed last month in a fatal helicopter crash.
A person close to the Bryant family told CNN about the memorial but the family has yet to formally announce the special event.
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Los Angeles officials have yet to confirm the event planned for Bryant.
The numbers 2 and 24 have a symbolism for the Bryant family. 24 was Kobe’s jersey number throughout his basketball career and while Gianna used No.2.
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Tributes continued to pour in for Bryant as fans had made the area outside Staples a spontaneous shrine, leaving mountains of flowers along with basketballs, jerseys, stuffed animals and other mementoes.
Two LA Lakers home games are scheduled on February 24 as well.
