Stars including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera and Jimmy Kimmel joined the family and friends of the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna at a celebration of their lives at Los Angeles' Staples Center on Monday.
Monday's public memorial at the home of his former team the Los Angeles Lakers opened with Beyoncé - wearing Lakers' gold - performing her track XO.
"I'm here because I love Kobe and this was one of his favourite songs," she told those in attendance, many of whom were dressed in purple - another one of the Lakers' colours. She then proceeded to sing Halo before taking her seat behind Kobe Bryant's widow and Gianna's mother Vanessa, whom she comforted throughout.

In her tribute, Vanessa Bryant said: "I couldn't see him as a celebrity, nor just an incredible basketball player. He was my sweet husband and the beautiful father of our children. He was my - he was my everything."
She said her late husband was "the kind of man that wanted to teach the future generations to be better and keep them from making his own mistakes".
"God knew they couldn't be on this Earth without each other, he had to bring them home to have them together." Watch Vanessa Bryant's emotional eulogy #KobeFarewell https://t.co/ww51ZxTqzn pic.twitter.com/sNZ2fSAWIr
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"Gigi was motivated to change the way everyone viewed women in sports," she said of her daughter. "She wrote papers in school defending women and wrote about how the unequal pay difference for the NBA [National Basketball Association] and WNBA [Women's National Basketball Association] leagues wasn't fair."
"Gigi would have most likely become the best player in the WNBA," Vanessa Bryant told the audience to huge applause.
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel paid a tearful tribute to father and daughter, with basketball icons Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant's former Lakers teammate Shaquille O'Neal also delivering emotional eulogies.
"It seems to me that all we can do is be grateful for the time we had with them and for the time we have left with each other," Kimmel said.
"It seems to me that all we can do is be grateful for the time we had with them and for the time we have left with each other."@jimmykimmel gives an emotional speech.pic.twitter.com/Vn6VUVJhtw
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Michael Jordan says he admired Kobe Bryant "not just in sports, but as a parent."
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"I am inspired by what he's done and what he shared with Vanessa and what he shared with his kids." https://t.co/UlKzK66bNj pic.twitter.com/uG5iL4RfbO
Shaquille O'Neal pays tribute to friend and former teammate Kobe Bryant: "I take comfort in the fact as we speak Kobe and Gigi are holding hands walking to the nearest basketball court…Kobe, you're heaven’s MVP." https://t.co/vLPDGEiKtq pic.twitter.com/kyCaZFUeQC
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Dressed in purple, Alicia Keys performed Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata on a purple piano. It is reported that Kobe Bryant once learned to play the piece by ear for his wife.
Alicia Keys, accompanied by a string quartet, performs Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" on piano #KobeFarewell https://t.co/ww51ZxTqzn pic.twitter.com/KQvCmwn9H9
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At the end of the memorial Christina Aguilera sang Ave Maria in Italian.
Christina Aguilera sang a powerful rendition of "Ave Maria" in Italian toward the end of Monday's #KobeFarewell https://t.co/ww51ZxTqzn pic.twitter.com/R45qtTt5JT
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The public memorial for Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna ends with shouts of "Kobe! Kobe! Kobe!" from the crowd at the Staples Center. https://t.co/J6BEDMVbfD pic.twitter.com/2TiFChjei8
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