A public memorial service is scheduled for Monday at Angel Stadium for three members of the Altobelli family. They were among nine people killed in the helicopter crash that also took the life of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna.
crash in Calabasas that also took the life of former Laker Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna.
John Altobelli was the longest-tenured baseball coach in Orange Coast College history. He guided the Pirates to four California state community college championships and more than 700 victories in his 27 years at the school. Alyssa played on the same club team as Gianna Bryant, which was coached by Kobe.
John, middle, Keri, top right, and daughter Alyssa Altobelli, bottom left, were three of the nine victims who died in the helicopter crash. They leave behind their son J.J. and daughter Alexis.The Altobellis are survived by two other children: J.J. Altobelli, 29, a scout for the Boston Red Sox, and his sister Alexis Altobelli, 16, a high school junior in Newport Beach.
“We will miss them and think of them often as we now begin the arduous process of trying to live our lives without Sarah and Payton,” Chris Chester, Sarah’s husband and Payton’s father, said in a statement.Payton was a teammate of Gianna Bryant and Alyssa Altobelli on the Mamba Sports Academy girls’ club basketball team.
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