Mendez was the 2020-2021 News editor. He was previously a staff news reporter for the Science &amp; Health beat and a developer for The Stack.

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A man holds a poster of Kobe Bryant, a Los Angeles Lakers legend who died in a helicopter crash Sunday, at a memorial dedicated to Bryant at L.A. Live. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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This post was updated Jan. 27 at 12:16 a.m. As a lifelong basketball player, Mert Gulen said he always felt a deep connection to Kobe Bryant.

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Students react to death of former Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant

By Bernard Mendez

Jan. 26, 2020 4:07 p.m.