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Kobe Bryant's Sweetest Family Photos

The late NBA star married wife Vanessa in 2001 and together they had four daughters: Natalia, Gianna, Bianka and Capri

By Kate Hogan Updated January 26, 2021 10:25 AM
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Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa and daughters Gianna, Natalia and Bianka joined him for his jersey retirement ceremony at a Los Angeles Lakers game on Dec. 18, 2017.

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That spring, Vanessa and their older daughters, Natalia and Gianna, joined Dad on the red carpet of the Tribeca Film Festival in N.Y.C.

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Bryant gave Gianna a lift as they watched a match between the U.S. and China women's soccer teams in San Diego.

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Dad had an arm around each of his older daughters at a 2017 Los Angeles Sparks WNBA game.

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Dad held on tight to Bianka during a family vacation in 2018.

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Bryant pulled the ultimate cool dad card in 2018 when he brought his wife and daughters to meet Oprah.

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He held on to Gianna in 2018 during the Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships at the Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine, California.

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Bryant, Vanessa, Natalia and Gianna got all dressed up in 2018 for the premiere of Disney's A Wrinkle in Time.

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Following his retirement, he brought Gianna, also a budding athlete, to a game between the Lakers and Atlanta Hawks in L.A.

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The family had lots to celebrate in the spring of 2019 ahead of the arrival of their fourth child, daughter Capri, who arrived in June.

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Capri even joined in the family's epic group Wizard of Oz costume on Halloween 2019.

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In one of their last public photos together before they both tragically died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020, Bryant gave Gianna a squeeze as they sat courtside at a December 2019 Lakers game.

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