Kobe Bryant Wasn't A Myth Or A Monster. He Was Human.

LOADING ERROR LOADING LOS ANGELES ― When John-Lancaster Finley learned of Kobe Bryant’s death on Sunday, he was left to mourn a man who was a major part of his childhood. It was like this is a magic show.” The player’s death has left a huge hole in his life, but he’s determined “not to erase the bad” aspects of Bryant’s legacy. “He’s a legend but he’s not above being human.” Evette Dionne described grieving Bryant’s death as “one of the most difficult things I’ve struggled with in a very long time.” Dionne, the editor-in-chief of Bitch Media, said Bryant was always part of her life, and that her older brother who played high school basketball worshipped the former Laker. “But at the same time, it’s been therapeutic to see everyone come together and see impact and reach he’s had, especially here in L.A.” This mural, by artist Jules Muck, is among the many homages to Kobe Bryant splashed across walls all over Los Angeles since the death of the athlete, his daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26. Immediately following his death, she noticed that mostly white women were posting about the sex assault allegation without asking themselves: “How can I broach this in a way that holds this victim’s trauma, without saying that if you are mourning someone’s death you are wrong and that you are a villain and that you are anti-feminist?” Brinkley said it’s important for every fan to acknowledge Kobe’s sexual assault allegation, and also acknowledge that he seemed to have grown as a person later in his career.