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Vanessa Bryant is honoring late daughter Gigi Bryant.
Right now would have been her nineteenth birthday.
After the passing of Kobe and Gianna, Vanessa has needed to carry on without them.
Birthdays of the dearly departed are bittersweet events. They’re stuffed with celebration and sorrow. And so, too, is Vanessa.
Vanessa Bryant penned a tribute to Gigi Bryant, her late daughter
Thursday, Could 1, would have been Gigi Bryant’s nineteenth birthday.
Taking to social media on that bittersweet date, Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, posted a shifting tribute to honor her late daughter.
In January of 2020, Gigi was solely 13 years previous when she and her father and 7 others died in a tragic helicopter crash.
“Pleased Birthday Gigi!” Vanessa started her Instagram submit’s caption.
“Mommy loves and misses you greater than I might ever categorical,” she then affirmed.
Vanessa concluded her caption: “I really like you Gianna.”
Vanessa Bryant wishing Gigi a cheerful birthday 💜💛 pic.twitter.com/VrtnrIdpW8
— Advanced Sports activities (@ComplexSports) May 1, 2025
All of us do not forget that fateful morning, over 5 years later
It was solely minutes after 9 AM California time when Kobe, Gigi, six household buddies, and the pilot departed from John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
The group was touring to Camarillo Airport in Ventura County.
The objective was a Mamba Sports activities Academy basketball recreation. They might by no means arrive to see it.
It was an uncharacteristically wet morning.
At round 9:40, “excessive fog” brought about the helicopter to rise and alter path — resulting in the car crashing right into a mountain in Calabasas minutes later. There were no survivors.
This was a stunning tragedy on many ranges. Most heartbreaking of all was the passing of Gigi, barely a young person.
A part of the aftermath included huge, 8-figure settlements to Vanessa Bryant and to others who misplaced family members within the crash — not over the crash itself.
Images that first responders took had been later printed with out the household’s permission.
These graphic pictures will at all times exist throughout the web’s collective reminiscence — and solely add to the ache of those grieving households.
Others are honoring Gigi
WNBA legend Lisa Leslie commented: “Sending love on this special occasion. Pleased Birthday Gigi!”
La La Anthony wrote: “Love you Gigi! Pleased Birthday!” Kris Jenner left a protracted string of pink coronary heart emojis.
No dad or mum ought to need to bury her youngster.
All of us want that Gianna had been nonetheless alive — however none so keenly as her household and family members.
