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Fact #185603

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The 2020 Grammys ceremony in The Staples Centre, Los Angeles, California, USA, opens with a tribute by Lizzo to basketball player Kobe Bryant, who died earlier in the day. "Tonight is for you Kobe," declares Lizzo, opening the show with her stirring ballad Cuz I Love You. Host Alicia Keys then dedicates the show to Bryant's memory, with an acapella version of It's So Hard To Say Goodbye, accompanied by Boyz II Men.

Full article:

Alicia Keys (speech at Grammys) : Here we are together on music's biggest night, celebrating our artists that do it best but, to be honest with you, we're all feeling crazy sadness right now, because earlier today Los Angeles, America and the whole wide world lost a hero. And we're literally standing here, heartbroken, in the house that Kobe Bryant built. Right now, Kobe and his family and all of those that have been tragically lost today are in our spirits, in our hearts, in our prayers, they're in this building. I would like everybody to take a moment and hold them inside of you and share our strength and our support with their families.
(Source : transcript of speech at Grammys)