Kim Kardashian skipped the Grammy Awards to attend a midnight Sunday Service in honor of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, 13, and seven others who perished in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning.
Bryant, 41, Gianna and seven others were killed when a helicopter went down in the hills above Calabasas, California in extremely foggy conditions. The crash site is located behind Kourtney Kardashian‘s Calabasas home.
Bryant and Gianna are survived by his wife Vanessa and their daughters Natalia, Bianca and infant Capri, who was born last summer.
Kardashian, 39, was seen leaving the memorial service which took place on Sunday night, hours after the NBA legend died.
The mother of four dressed conservatively in a grey satin wrap skirt and top for the service. She shared videos of the service on her Instagram page, with gospel singer Kirk Franklin telling the crowd: “Why do bad things happen to good people?”
She captioned the video: “I needed to hear this.”
Kardashian and her husband Kanye West knew Bryant and his wife Vanessa Lane Bryant personally.
Hours before the Sunday Service began, Kardashian posted a photo of Bryant and his daughter Gianna on Instagram along with the caption:
“My heart is so heavy. No one should ever experience was Vanessa is going through. This has affected us all so much but I cannot begin to imagine what Vanessa is feeling losing her husband and baby girl.”
Kardashian’s younger sister Khloe Kardashian, 35, tweeted: “This can’t be real, there’s no way!!! My heart hurts.” In another tweet, she wrote: “Please don’t let this be True. I’m shaking.”
Chance the Rapper performed alongside the Sunday Service Choir.
