On The Anniversary Of Their Deaths These Kobe & Gigi Murals Will Warm Your Heart

In the aftermath of their deaths, artists across the globe organized to create art murals in Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s names. It’s been exactly a year since the two Bryants tragically passed away in a helicopter accident in Calabasas. In another honor of the anniversary of their deaths, we’ve collected some of the most powerful murals captured and filled with descriptions below by the photographers and journalists shared to Getty Images.

Check them out below.

This mural honored all of the victims in the crash.

COSTA MESA, CA – FEBRUARY 28: A mural honoring all the victims of the helicopter crash: Kobe Bryant, Gianna Bryant, Payton and Sarah Chester, Christina Mauser, Alyssa Altobelli, John Altobelli, Keri Altobelli and Ara Zabayan in Costa Mesa, CA.

This mural in the heart of Los Angeles

TOPSHOT – A pedestrian adjusts her facemask walking past a mural of the late Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna by artist @Sloe_Motions in Los Angeles, California on January 25, 2021, a day before the one-year anniversary of the tragic helicopter crash which led to the death of nine people, including Bryant and his daughter. – Murals of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna can be seen on walls across Southern California.

People with face masks walk past a Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant mural on June 1, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 11: Lakers fans stand in line to celebrate in front of a mural of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant on October 11, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. People gathered to celebrate after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

This mural created soon after their deaths.

A new mural by French artist Mr. Brainwash picturing Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi is seen in Los Angeles on January 31, 2020.

This mural completed within hours after their deaths

LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 27: A mural credited to artist Jules Muck, memorializing former NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, is seen on January 27, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. The mural was completed within hours of the death of the two in a helicopter crash along with seven other people January 26 in Calabasas, California

This special mural created by Royyaldog.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 13: A mural depicting deceased NBA star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, painted by Royyaldog, is displayed on a building on February 13, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Numerous murals depicting Bryant and Gianna have been created around greater Los Angeles following their tragic deaths in a helicopter crash which left a total of nine dead. A public memorial service honoring Bryant will be held February 24 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where Bryant played most of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers.

This one created by the champion.

TOPSHOT – Luis Villanueva lights a candle in front of a Kobe Bryant mural in downtown Los Angeles on January 26, 2020. – Nine people were killed in the helicopter crash which claimed the life of NBA star Kobe Bryant and his 13 year old daughter, Los Angeles officials confirmed on Sunday. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said eight passengers and the pilot of the aircraft died in the accident. The helicopter crashed in foggy weather in the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas. Authorities said firefighters received a call shortly at 9:47 am about the crash, which caused a brush fire on a hillside.

This one is located in the Philippines.

TAGUIG, PHILIPPINES – JANUARY 28: A giant mural of former NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, painted hours after their death, is seen at a basketball court in a slum area on January 28, 2020 in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. Bryant, who is hugely popular in basketball-obsessed Philippines, perished in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020 in Calabasas, California. He died together with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others.

And finally this sweet and colorful one.

TOPSHOT – A woman looks at a mural by the artists Muck Rock and Mr79lts showing Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant, who were killed with seven others in a helicopter crash on January 26, in Los Angeles on January 27, 2020. – Federal investigators sifted through the wreckage of the helicopter crash that killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant and eight other people, hoping to find clues to what caused the accident that stunned the world.