Kobe Bryant is gone. Kobe Bryant is gone, and those are the hardest words I’ve ever had to write for this newspaper, and I still don’t believe them as I’m writing them. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) 21 / 21 A fan contributes to a makeshift memorial for Kobe Bryant underneath his mural on the side of the Shoe Palace on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant is gone. Kobe Bryant is gone and, so, too, is a little bit of all of us.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 26, 2020 22:37 UTC