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Kurtenbach: The lessons from Kobe Bryant’s pitch-perfect memorial

How are we to make sense of the loss of an idol?

How can you rationalize a connection that so often defied the realms of sense?

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You don’t. None of this will ever be logical. For some, it’ll never feel real.

All you can do is recognize the emotions. Reflect. Remember.

Kobe Bryant meant so much to so many people who never met him — he meant so much to the sport of basketball and those who love it. And in hearing from the people close to him and his daughter Gianna, perhaps some catharsis can be found.