Kobe Bryant remembered on newspaper front pages
In death, Bryant is hailed as a sports legend.
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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