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Luka covers cost to restore vandalized Kobe mural

created: April 30, 2025, 6:34 a.m. | updated: April 30, 2025, 12:32 p.m.

Open Extended ReactionsEL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Luka Doncic has stepped up to pay the entire expected cost of restoring a vandalized mural depicting Kobe and Gigi Bryant in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Lakers guard made a $5,000 donation Tuesday to cover the entire goal of a GoFundMe page created by artist Louie Palsino. Artist Louie Palsino created a mural depicting Kobe and Gigi Bryant, shown here in 2022, as a tribute after they died in a helicopter crash in January 2020. "I'm sure this alone will have him in the hearts of everyone in Los Angeles." After Kobe and Gigi Bryant died in a helicopter crash in January 2020, hundreds of murals and public art projects honoring them sprung up around Southern California.

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