Robert Kardashian would have been 80
His famous family shares memories
Khloé, Kourtney and Kim Kardashian at a joint appearance.
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On his 80th birthday, the famous Kardashian clan remembered father Robert Kardashian. The star lawyer died in 2003.
Robert Kardashian (1944-2003) would have turned 80 on February 22nd. His famous Kardashian clan remembers the late lawyer with emotional posts. The head of the family died on September 30, 2003 at the age of 59, two months after he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
His daughter Khloé Kardashian, 39, explained on Instagram: “I will always have a place for you. Happy Birthday, Daddy. I love you. Thank you for everything. Every memory. Every lesson. Every laugh. Every ounce of love. Thank you!” she wrote with heart emojis.
She also posted some photos of Robert Kardashian. Khloé Kardashian added, among other things, that she was “no longer sad.” “Of course I miss him every single day and wish he were here to meet our babies, but I’m not sad. Rather, I feel blessed that I was chosen to spend 19 years with the most incredible man I have ever met I knew.”
“I can’t ski without thinking about you”
Kim Kardashian, 43, also remembers her father and the family’s ski trips together. She shared a picture from a vacation on Instagram and wrote: “I can’t ski without thinking about you. I always think about the trips and memories you created for us and I will never take those moments for granted. God truly provided us with this most amazing, thoughtful, patient, funny, charismatic, loving and kind father.”
Her brother Robert Kardashian Jr., 36, shared a photo of his parents on Instagram. He says: “Happy Birthday, Dad! Thank you for having only good memories of you. I miss you every day. I love you so much.” And sister Kourtney Kardashian, 44, declared on her father’s birthday: “What I wouldn’t give to sing him happy birthday one last time and hear one of his funny jokes.” She continued: “He had the best sense of humor and made life so much fun, every car ride, every meal, watching movies (we had a movie date every Wednesday night and he showed me an old movie every week)… “He made everything so fun and special. Happy birthday to the best daddy in the world.” The post included photos of Kourtney posing with her father as a child.
The mother of the four, Kris Jenner, 68, also published a photo of her ex-husband, to whom she was married from 1978 to 1991, in an Instagram story: “Happy birthday, Robert. You would be so proud of our children and I know that you are always with us. We all love you and miss you endlessly.”
Robert Kardashian represented OJ Simpson
Robert Kardashian became known as part of the legal team for OJ Simpson, 76, in his high-profile criminal trial in 1995. In the miniseries “American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson” (2016), Kardashian was portrayed by “Friends” star David Schwimmer , 57, shown.
Kris Jenner married the lawyer and entrepreneur in 1978 and had four children with him over 13 years of marriage. After the divorce, she married Bruce Jenner, now Caitlyn Jenner, 74. With him she has daughters Kendall, 28, and Kylie, 26. The marriage lasted until 2015. The Kardashian-Jenner clan was introduced through the reality television series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” famous.