By Mark Grey
11:52am PDT, Could 1, 2024
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Gigi Bryant would have been an grownup immediately. The daughter of NBA legend Kobe Bryant tragically handed away alongside her father in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020. On Wednesday, Could 1, Vanessa Bryant — Gigi’s mother and Kobe’s widow — took to Instagram to pay tribute to her late daughter.
“Pleased birthday to my beautiful woman, Gigi! I really like you. I miss you. I am so pleased with you,” Vanessa captioned a video displaying Gigi over time.
Vanessa went on to element what she believes her daughter’s life would’ve been like if it hadn’t been reduce quick: “2024 was your 12 months. You’d’ve been graduating highschool and selecting which faculty to go to. (I’d’ve been attempting my hardest to persuade you to remain near residence.) I am pleased with the change in sports activities you and daddy labored so exhausting on,” she wrote. “You proceed to inspire me and encourage younger ladies and ladies day by day. I really like you all the time, mommy. #PlayGigisWay #Mambacita Perpetually. #18.”
After Vanessa shared her touching publish about Gigi, she was flooded with well-wishes from NBA and WNBA stars, Olympians, A-listers and extra within the leisure world.
Preserve studying to see what everybody needed to say…
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“Lovely!! Pleased birthday Gigi” —Viola Davis
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“Pleased Birthday Gigi!” —Ciara
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“Pleased Birthday to your stunning Angel mild Gigi sending a lot love” –Kris Jenner
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“Pleased Birthday GiGi #MambacitaForever” —George Lopez
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“HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIGI!!” —Kelly Rowland
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“Pleased birthday GiGi. love you” —Sabrina Ionescu
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“A good looking and enduring legacy stuffed with a lot love and a lot [fire]” —Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings
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“That is BEAUTIFUL. Pleased birthday, Gigi” —Natalya Neidhart
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“Pleased Birthday Gigi!!!” —Trae Younger
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“Pleased Birthday GIGI!! Love you a lot” —Lala Anthony
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“HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIGI. WE LOVE YOU” —Monica
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“Pleased Birthday stunning angel Gigi and to stunning Mommy Vanessa” —Rachel Zoe
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“Pleased 18th Birthday Gigi” –Kim Mulkey