SFGate

R.I.P. shirts become an urban tradition / Mementos honoring the dead now a religious ritual, complete with their own rules of observance

CORRECTION: The following story quoted Toni Bailey out of context. She does not make a profit on R.I.P shirts because she charges only for materials. Earl "E.J." Jackson cracked open a Miller High ...
Los Angeles Times

Outside Staples Center, a grim hustle for unlicensed vendors of Kobe R.I.P. shirts

Nearly a week after the death of Kobe Bryant, the ongoing vigil at Staples Center in honor of the basketball great showed no sign of abating. Mourners, day and night, have left purple-and-gold flowers ...