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VANESSA BRYANT HAS A HEARTBREAKING MESSAGE FOR HER LATE DAUGHTER GIGI
By AMANDA RAY BYERLY
Hearts were shattered in 2020 when basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant were tragically killed in a helicopter crash, along with seven other passengers. Wife and mother Vanessa Bryant had a new message for Gianna on May 1, which would have been Gigi's 16th birthday.
Vanessa took to Instagram to commemorate Gigi with a very special video, narrating in voiceover, "Dear Gianna, from the first time you imagined winning a WNBA championship, I knew one thing was real — you were special. You came from greatness, but it was never about what you inherited. It was about what you gave to others."
Vanessa continued to speak over black and white illustrations of Gigi, saying, "When someone stands up for gender equality, I see you standing up alongside them. And every time someone plays her hardest, I know that's you on the court. Love you always, basketball."
Kobe Bryant himself wrote an open letter to basketball back in 2017, and turned it into a video with the help of animator Glen Keane and composer John Williams. The short film won Bryant an Oscar, and Vanessa's tribute to it has scores of commenters sending their condolences on social media.