{"id":94253,"date":"2023-08-24T11:42:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T11:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/i-love-you-always-and-forever-vanessa-bryant-pays-tribute-to\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T11:42:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T11:42:18","slug":"i-love-you-always-and-forever-vanessa-bryant-pays-tribute-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/i-love-you-always-and-forever-vanessa-bryant-pays-tribute-to\/","title":{"rendered":"I love you always and forever \u2013 Vanessa Bryant pays tribute to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"453\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-432-696x453.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"image-432\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Vanessa Bryant\u00a0is fondly remembering her late husband\u00a0Kobe Bryant\u00a0on what would have been his 45th birthday (Aug. 23) with a heartfelt Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy birthday, baby. I love you always &amp; forever. \u2764\ufe0f #82378,\u201d captioned Vanessa on her post with old photos of the couple throughout the years.<\/p>\n<p>The couple first met in 1999 on the set of a music video and married on April 18, 2001. They welcomed daughters Natalia in 2003 and Gianna in 2006. After Kobe\u2019s retirement from the NBA in 2015, the couple welcomed two more daughters, Bianka in 2016 and Capri in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sub-buzz-675-1692813448-2.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Tragedy struck in January 2020 when Kobe and his daughter Gianna, 13, along with seven others,\u00a0died in a helicopter crash.<\/p>\n<p>Three years after Kobe and Gianna\u2019s untimely passing, Vanessa continues to honour her late husband and daughter in meaningful ways. In collaboration with Nike, a limited-edition\u00a0triple-white \u201cHalo\u201d Kobe 8 sneaker\u00a0was released today in honour of Kobe\u2019s birthday, marking the grand return of the signature line.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kobe-helicopter-crash-4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><em>Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant (Andrew D. Bernstein\/NHLI via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vanessa designed a\u00a0special denim jacket\u00a0in honour\u00a0of Kobe and Gianna for\u00a0Taylor Swift\u2019s Eras Tour in Inglewood.<\/p>\n<p>The back of the jacket features a photo of Kobe and Taylor from the singer\u2019s 1989 Tour\u00a0in 2015\u00a0when Kobe congratulated her for breaking a venue record.<\/p>\n<p>On the front is a heart with the lyric \u201cSay you\u2019ll remember me\u201d from Swift\u2019s song \u201cWildest Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"rlE1aXrUqLg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Increasing Healthcare Access: Fomena MP commissions two CHPS compounds for constituents (23-8-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rlE1aXrUqLg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanessa Bryant\u00a0is fondly remembering her late husband\u00a0Kobe Bryant\u00a0on what would have been his 45th birthday (Aug. 23) with a heartfelt Instagram post. \u201cHappy birthday, baby. I love you always &amp; forever. \u2764\ufe0f #82378,\u201d captioned Vanessa on her post with old photos of the couple throughout the years. 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