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Kobe Bryant remembered on newspaper front pages

In death, Bryant is hailed as a sports legend.

Philadelphia Daily News cover for Monday, Jan. 27, 2020.
Philadelphia Daily News cover for Monday, Jan. 27, 2020.Read morePhiladelphia Daily News (custom credit)

The deaths of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter made headlines on both coasts and in between. Here’s a selection of newspaper front pages.

California

Bryant lived in Orange County. The same front page appeared on eight other California newspapers owned by MediaNews Group.

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Pennsylvania

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Elsewhere

Bryant spent seven years in Italy, including Reggio Emilia, and said that is where his basketball dream began.

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