Vanessa Bryant
Emotional words for daughter Gianna’s 15th birthday
Vanessa Bryant dedicates an emotional Instagram post to her late daughter. Gianna would have turned 15 on May 1st.
It has been more than a year since Vanessa Bryant (38) lost her husband, basketball legend Kobe Bryant (1978-2020), and her daughter Gianna (2006-2020) in a helicopter crash. Gianna would have turned 15 on May 1st. For her late daughter’s birthday, Vanessa Bryant shared a couple emotional and loving words on Instagram.
“Dear Gianna, happy 15th birthday! I love you! I miss you every day,” she wrote about a photo of herself and Gianna together: “I wish you were here with us. There are no words to express how much I miss you. I love you Mamacita! ” The picture shows mother and daughter in a deep embrace. Little Gianna is sitting on Bryant’s lap, both beaming happily into the camera.
Kobe Bryant and Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles on January 26, 2020. Seven other people died with them. The basketball star left three other daughters in addition to his wife: Natalia (18), Bianka (4) and Capri (1). Vanessa and Kobe Bryant had been married since April 2001.