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Vanessa Bryant shares tips on dealing with grief: 'Find a reason to live'

Vanessa Bryant believes the best way to deal with grief is to “find a reason to live”. The 38-year-old beauty was struck by tragedy in January last year when her husband, basketball legend Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna were both killed in a helicopter crash. And as the first anniversary of their passing approaches, Vanessa – who is also mother to her and Kobe’s three other daughters, Natalia, 17, Bianka, four, and Capri, 18 months – shared a poignant message on social media to others “struggling with grief and heartbreaking loss”. She wrote on her Instagram Story: “Let me ...

'Wish Kobe and Gianna were here to see this': Vanessa Bryant congratulates Los Angeles Lakers on NBA title

Vanessa Bryant wishes her late husband and daughter, Kobe and Gianna Bryant, were there to witness his basketball team Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA title on Sunday night (11.10.20).The Lakers ended a decade-long wait to clinch their 17th championship victory with a 106-93 win over Miami Heat, and Vanessa praised the side and remembered five-time NBA champion Kobe and Gianna, who both died in January in a tragic helicopter crash.She wrote on Instagram: "Congratulations Uncle P! Congratulations @Lakers Kobe was right RP 'stay the course- block out the noise' - @kobebryant."Wish Kobe and Gi...

Kobe Bryant's ex Lakers team-mate Pau Gasol names newborn daughter after Gianna Bryant

Kobe Bryant's former team-mate Pau Gasol has named his newborn child after his friend's late daughter Gianna.The 40-year-old basketball player took to Instagram on Sunday (13.09.20) to reveal his wife Catherine McDonnell had given birth to their first child on Thursday (10.09.20), and he revealed her name is Elisabet Gianna Gasol.The little one's middle name is a tribute to Pau's former LA Lakers team-mate Kobe, who, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, died in January in a tragic helicopter crash.Pau wrote: "Our little one has finally arrived!! The delivery went really well and we coul...