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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 keep it up with out them.
Birthdays of the dearly departed are bittersweet events. They’re filled 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 transferring tribute to honor her late daughter.
In January of 2020, Gigi was solely 13 years outdated when she and her father and 7 others died in a tragic helicopter crash.
“Happy Birthday Gigi!” Vanessa started her Instagram put up’s caption.
“Mommy loves and misses you more than I could ever express,” she then affirmed.
Vanessa concluded her caption: “I love you Gianna.”
Vanessa Bryant wishing Gigi a cheerful birthday 💜💛 pic.twitter.com/VrtnrIdpW8
— Complicated Sports activities (@ComplexSports) Could 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 pals, and the pilot departed from John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
The group was touring to Camarillo Airport in Ventura County.
The aim was a Mamba Sports activities Academy basketball recreation. They’d by no means arrive to see it.
It was an uncharacteristically wet morning.
At round 9:40, “extreme fog” induced the helicopter to rise and alter path — resulting in the car crashing right into a mountain in Calabasas minutes later. There have been no survivors.
This was a surprising tragedy on many ranges. Most heartbreaking of all was the passing of Gigi, barely an adolescent.
A part of the aftermath included large, 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 have been later printed with out the household’s permission.
These graphic photos will all the time 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 day. Happy Birthday Gigi!”
La La Anthony wrote: “Love you Gigi! Happy Birthday!” Kris Jenner left an extended string of pink coronary heart emojis.
No dad or mum ought to need to bury her baby.
All of us want that Gianna have been nonetheless alive — however none so keenly as her household and family members.
