Culture June 22, 2020

Vanessa Bryant marks 1st father's day without Kobe Bryant with emotional tribute

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Vanessa Bryant honored her late husband Kobe Bryant on Sunday with a Father's Day post.

"Happy Father's Day to the BEST daddy in the world," Bryant captioned the post on her now-private Instagram. "We miss you so much. We love you forever and always."

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The 38-year-old mother concluded the post with regards from the herself and the four children they shared --17-year-old Natalia Bryant, 13-year-old Gianna "Gigi" Bryant, 3-year-old Bianka Bryant and 1-year-old Capri Bryant.

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This marks the family's first Father's Day without the NBA legend since him and Gigi died with seven others in a helicopter crash in January.

The Father's Day post comes shortly after Kobe Bryant's widow celebrated her youngest daughter Capri's milestone birthday.

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"Happy 1st Birthday Capri! Mommy, Daddy, Nani, Gigi and BB love you SO much!!!" she wrote in a social media post for her daughter. "God Bless you sweet princess. Capri Kobe Bryant a.k.a. 'Koko-Bean' named after her dearly missed daddy, Kobe Bean Bryant. We miss you SO much Gigi and Daddy."