PHOTOS: Inside Kobe Bryant memorial

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From left, friends Tom Ling, Rene Vega, Bob Melendez and Brett Noss pose outside Staples Center in Los Angeles before a public memorial for former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, in Los Angeles, Monday morning, Feb. 24, 2020. Melendez, 72, of Anaheim Hills, has been a season ticket holder for 40 years. After seeing Bryant play for the Lakers for years — including at his retirement game — he couldn't imagine missing the memorial. Vega, who lives in Newport Beach, said his grandchildren and Bryant's children go to school together. Bryant would call him "Grandpa" and sneak up behind him and pick him up. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio) (Stefanie Dazio/AP)

Janel Alexander, 55, of Encino, poses next to a mural that features Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neil inside Staples Center in Los Angeles before a public memorial for Lakers legend Bryant and his daughter Gianna Monday morning, Feb. 24, 2020. Alexander said she wanted to attend the memorial to support Bryant's wife, Vanessa, so she could feel "the presence of love around her." (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio) (Stefanie Dazio/AP)

February 24, 2020 at 1:54 pm EST

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