Vanessa Bryant Remembers Kobe Bryant In Heartfelt Tribute On What Would Have Been His 44th Birthday
23.08.2022 - 21:23
/ perezhilton.com
For most, August 23 is just another day. But to the Bryant family, it’s everything. Because it marks the birthday of their late patriarch: Kobe Bryant.
The basketball legend’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, took to Instagram Tuesday to share a throwback pic of the two of them for what would have been his 44th birthday.
Ugh, so sad. Sometimes we still can’t believe he’s gone…
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The mother of four captioned her endearing photo, which was snapped at the 2009 NBA Championship:
So sweet! You can literally SEE the amount of love these two shared for one another in the way their eyes are both lit up and how tightly they’re embracing one another. See the pic (below):
The couple got hitched all the way back in 2001 and were together for 19 years before he and their daughter, Gianna Bryant, tragically passed away in that fateful 2020 helicopter crash.
But this day wasn’t about the tragedy. The comments section of the post was all smiles and love as several notable individuals penned their own tributes to the Hall of Famer, including Mario Lopez, who sweetly commented three red hearts, singer Monica who commented:
And former WNBA star Lisa Leslie, who wrote:
We’re getting all the feels! So much love to go around for the man who inspired many.
If you follow Vanessa on IG, you know that she’s been making an effort to connect herself and her daughters to Kobe’s roots, as she took them on a trip to Reggio Calabria, where the baller lived in his youth. She captioned a July post:
See a cute pic of her daughters in the Italian city (below):
All of this comes during the heat of Vanessa’s ongoing lawsuit against Los Angeles County in which she’s suing for negligence, invasion