Joe 'Jellybean' Bryant, father of Kobe Bryant, dies at 69
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Kobe Bryant, right, has a laugh with his father, Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, prior to participating in a pickup basketball game at the Kobe Bryant Basketball Academy at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester, Calif., on Thursday, July 5, 2007. (Branimir Kvartuc/AP)