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LOOK: Kobe Bryant showed Philippines love, and Filipinos loved him back

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<div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/01/27/kobe1.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/01/27/kobe2.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/01/27/kobe3.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/01/27/kobe4.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/01/27/kobe5.jpg"/></div></div><div class="slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Kobe Bryant soaks in the admiration during his Mamba Mentality Tour at Araneta Coliseum in June 2016.<cite> Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/file</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Kobe Bryant soaks in the admiration during his Mamba Mentality Tour at Araneta Coliseum in June 2016.<cite> Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/file</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Kobe Bryant chats with school children during his visit at suburban Taguig city to interact with them and conduct basketball clinic as part of a popular sports apparel&#x27;s promotional tour on Sept. 5, 2007.<cite> AP Photo, Bullit Marquez/file</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Kobe Bryant conducts a basketball clinic to children during a visit to a mass housing project to inaugurate a basketball court on July 13, 2011 at suburban Taguig city.<cite> Bullit Marquez, AP/file</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Kobe Bryant, in a Far Eastern University uniform, plays with Ateneo&#x27;s Japeth Aguilar and Doug Kramer during an exhibition at Araneta Coliseum on July 13, 2011. The event was part of Bryant&#x27;s five-city tour that includes Seoul and various cities in China.<cite> Aaron Favila, AP/file</cite></p></div></div></div><p>The Philippines considers Kobe Bryant one of its most beloved sports superstars, and it showed every time the Los Angeles Lakers legend visited this basketball-mad country.</p><p>Bryant was a frequent Manila visitor, and Filipinos showered him with love every time.</p><p>Bryant died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, along with daughter Gianna and several others. He was 41.</p><p>The future basketball Hall of Famer first traveled to Manila in August 1998, days before his 20th birthday, and famously had a photo taken with President Joseph Estrada.</p><p>Manila waited for 9 more years before Bryant returned in September 2007. </p><p>He was also in the country in July 2009, July 2011, August 2013 and June 2016, his last.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/01/27/20/ex-basketball-star-kobe-bryant-four-others-dead-in-helicopter-crash">Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, 4 others dead in helicopter crash</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/image/sports/06/25/16/look-how-pinoy-fans-adore-kobe-bryant-17">LOOK: Pinoy fans show how much they adore Kobe</a></li></ul><p>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</p>

<p>Bryant was a frequent Manila visitor, and Filipinos showered him with love every time.</p>

Bryant was a frequent Manila visitor, and Filipinos showered him with love every time.