Across Los Angeles and beyond, artists have memorialized the late NBA icon Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna through street murals. Vanessa Bryant and daughters Natalia, 17; Bianka, 3; and Capri, 8 months, recently visited a mural of Kobe kissing Gianna's head, according to TV station WFTV.
The mural’s location and artist are unknown. It features black-and-white depictions of the two Bryants against a blue sky and a golden halo.
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Widow Vanessa posted photos of the family together along with lyrics to the song “Smile” by late singer Nat King Cole.
"Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you." — Nat King Cole, "Smile"
Vanessa’s Instagram posts came a little more than a month after Kobe and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash.
The photos depict Vanessa smiling, but she has been “absolutely devastated” in recent weeks due to deputies reportedly leaking photographs of the crash scene. She wished the photos to remain private out of respect to her late husband, daughter and the seven other victims.
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Kobe and Gianna were honored at a public memorial Feb. 24.
People reported how Vanessa spoke a tearful eulogy about how much she misses her late husband and daughter.
"I couldn't see him as a celebrity, nor just an incredible basketball player. He was my sweet husband and the beautiful father of my children. He was mine. He was my everything." — Vanessa Bryant
About Gianna, she spoke about how she was a daddy’s girl but still remained one of her “very best friends.”
"We will not be able to see Gianna go to high school with Natalia … we didn't get the chance to teach her how to drive a car. I won't be able to tell her how gorgeous she looks on her wedding day. I'll never get to see my baby girl walk down the aisle, have a father-daughter dance with her daddy … or have babies of her own." —Vanessa Bryant
Vanessa finished the eulogy with the words “I miss you, all of you, every day.”
Murals such as the one the Bryants posed by show just how much the community misses them, too.
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