Vanessa Bryant Honors Kobe Bryant in Birthday Tribute

Vanessa Bryant will at all times honor her late husband Kobe Bryant’s legacy.

Greater than 5 years after the NBA star died at age 41 in a helicopter crash alongside his and Vanessa’s 13-year-old daughter Gigi Bryant and 7 different individuals, his spouse paid tribute to the pair on what would have been Kobe’s forty seventh birthday.

“We love and miss you and Gigi a lot,” Vanessa wrote on Instagram Aug. 23 alongside a throwback picture of her kissing the basketball legend on the cheek. “Sending our like to you. Blissful birthday, child.”

Vanessa’s emotional tribute to Kobe comes only one month after the 43-year-old—additionally mother to Natalia Bryant, 22, Bianka Bryant, 8, and Capri Kobe Bryant, 6—shared a glimpse into how their youngest has been following in his athletic footsteps.

“Like father, like daughter,” she wrote on a July 24 Instagram put up, which featured a cut up picture of Capri—whose center title is a nod to her dad—emulating Kobe’s stance whereas holding a basketball. And if her spot-on pose wasn’t sufficient proof, Vanessa additionally referred to her infant as, “Child Mamba” and her nickname “KoKo Bean.”