Vanessa Bryant shared a poignant tribute to her late husband, Kobe Bryant, on what would have been his 47th birthday.

The NBA icon and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant were tragically killed in a January 2020 helicopter crash while on the way to Kobe’s Mamba Sports Academy for a basketball game. (Kobe and Vanessa wed in 2001 and shared daughters, Natalia, 22, Bianka, 8, and Capri, 6. The couple met on the set of Eastsidaz’s “G’d Up” music video in November 1999, where Vanessa was working as a backup dancer.)

“We love and miss you and Gigi so much,” Vanessa, 43, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, August 23, alongside a photo of the couple sharing a kiss. “Sending our love to you. Happy birthday, baby. @kobebryant ”

Kobe and Vanessa’s eldest daughter, Natalia, honored her fathe

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