The sudden deaths of NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, over the weekend in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles deeply affected many around the world. And the outpouring of grief has been expressed in many awe-inspiring ways.
Artist Kelli Pearson and her husband, Pete Davis, created a 115-foot by 92-foot grass image of Bryant on a Pleasanton baseball field.
“I think it hit hurt her more than it hit me,” Davis told KGO. “She woke up knowing we had to do something. We wanted to do something local.”
Here are other unique tributes to Kobe and Gianna Bryant:
The Philippines pay tribute to Kobe and Gianna Bryant with this incredible basketball court mural. pic.twitter.com/4nmBCybtWI
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 28, 2020
Tribute by @Alex_ivanchak
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The Love is Real! Man gets a permanent tattoo of Kobe Bryant's LA Lakers shirt
number on his back. pic.twitter.com/a3m3EBSjVa
— UG (@Crisugo44) January 29, 2020
number on his back. Our school paid tribute to Kobe today. 8 & 24 will forever be a memory for our youth. #MambaForever
#LosAngelesLakers #LosAngeles pic.twitter.com/iuGh9LAb7O
— Ana Davalos (@4deAsada) January 30, 2020
@kobebryant • • • • This is one of the beautiful ways our industry shows love 
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