Kobe Bryantwas working on a project to help kids understand the concept of death prior to his owntragic deathin a helicopter crash on Sunday, according toOlivia Munn.
On Monday, the actress, 39, opened up about her friendship with Bryant in atribute poston Instagram. Calling the late athlete a “wonderful friend,” Munn revealed she was set to meet with Bryant and his multimedia company, Granity Studios, about a collaboration meant to “help kids be less afraid of death” when he passed away on Sunday.
“We were supposed to get together this week to brainstorm more parts of the epic world you were creating at Granity Studios. You were creating a whole big world from scratch- everything from the continents to the oceans and rivers to the trees and even the leaves on the trees.”
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“We wanted to help kids be less afraid of death and tell stories of all the little and big stars…. And now you’re one of them,” she wrote in her note.
Granity Studios is an “original content company focused on creating new ways to tell stories around sports,”according to its website. The company has produced a podcast and several books and films, including theOscar-winninganimated shortDear Basketball.
Bryant previously shared hisviews on deathand what happens afterward in a November 2016 video interview withThe Ringer, which has since resurfaced following the former NBA star’s death. At the time, Bryant said he had reached a calm way of viewing death.
“It’s a comfortable one,” he said. “It’s an understanding that you can’t have life without death, can’t have light without the dark, right? So it’s an acceptance of that.”
“When it came time to decide whether or not toretire, that’s really an acceptance of that mortality that all athletes face,” Bryant continued. “And if you combat it, you’ll always have that inner struggle within yourself, you know what I mean.”
“I’m comfortable with it,” he reiterated.
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Bryant and his daughter Gianna were two of nine victims who perished in a deadly helicopter crash on Sunday in Calabasas, California.
The basketball star and his 13-year-old girl were on their way to ayouth basketball gamein Thousand Oaks with parents and players from the team when thehelicoptercrashed amid foggy conditions and burst into flames.
Sarah Chester and her daughter, eighth-grader Payton, the head basketball coach at Orange Coast College John Altobelli, his wife Keri and daughter Alyssa, girls basketball coach Christina Mauser andpilot Ara Zobayanwere also on the aircraft during the incident.
source: people.com
