Vanessa Bryant

(1982-)

American philanthropist

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Vanessa Marie Bryant (born Vanessa Urbieta Cornejo; May 5, 1982) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist who is the widow of American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant. With her husband, she founded the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Foundation in 2007 to provide scholarships to minority college students worldwide. Bryant leads the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting child athletes who are in need. Following the death of her husband and daughter Gianna in a January 26, 2020, helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, Bryant filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County, which was settled in 2023.

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Born	Vanessa Cornejo Urbieta 5 May 1982 (age 43) Los Angeles, California, USA
Zodiac	Taurus
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Kobe Bryant 1978-2020 · American basketball player · m. 2001 info edit

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Natalia Diamante Bryant info 1st child with Kobe Bryant Female b. 19 Jan 2003 · Age: 22 · 2003- · American model

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Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant info 2nd child with Kobe Bryant Female b. 1 May 2006 d. 26 Jan 2020 · Age: 13 (at death) · 2006-2020 · American basketball

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Bianka Bella Bryant info 3rd child with Kobe Bryant Female b. 5 Dec 2016 · Age: 8 · 2016- · American relative

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Capri Kobe Bryant info 4th child with Kobe Bryant Female b. 20 Jun 2019 · Age: 6 · 2019- · American relative

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