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Kobe Bryant is Dead

What the fuck is even the point?

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D.J. Byrnes
Jan 27, 2020
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Kobe Bryant is dead. I thought my boy Irish Pete was playing a sick joke on me yesterday but no it actually turned out that the last athlete I ever fanboyed over died in a helicopter crash with his daughter.

I’ve never been particularly attached to my life and that was before I learned my dream of returning to California when I became rich enough to own …

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