Vanessa Bryant Shares Sweet Throwback Photos with Late Husband Kobe Bryant

Mar. 15, 2025

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant in throwback photos.Photo:Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images; Vanessa Bryant/Instagram

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images; Vanessa Bryant/Instagram

Vanessa Bryantis taking a walk down memory lane.

Less than one week afterthe fifth anniversaryofKobeandGianna Bryant’s tragic deaths, Vanessa, 42, shared two photos to herInstagram Storywith her late husband on Jan. 30.

In the first photo, Kobe and Vanessa, wearing a Los Angeles Lakers hat, are seen walking hand-in-hand through a stadium tunnel.

Kobe Bryant 24 of the Los Angeles Lakers walks out with wife Vanessa following the victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game Five of the Western Conference Finals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs at Staples Center May 29, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images

In the second throwback photo, Vanessa and Kobe are riding in a golf cart while the late NBA star sits on his wife’s lap.

The couple are both smiling and wearing sunglasses, with Vanessa in a luxe green and purple coat.

Vanessa and Kobe Bryant throwback photo.Vanessa Bryant/Instagram

Vanessa Bryant/Instagram

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On Jan. 22, Vanessa announcedthe upcoming release ofMamba & Mambacita Forever, a catalogue of over 100 murals and the stories thathonor their lasting impact.

The book will release on Aug. 19, just days beforeKobe Bryant Day on Aug. 24.The book “brings together the images and stories” of the public art installations that honored the Byrants, per a press release shared with PEOPLE.

Gianna and Kobe Bryant mural in downtown Los Angeles.Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty

Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty

“Taken together, what emerges is the story of a man who became even more than he himself could have imagined, an avatar of determination, discipline and competitiveness. He was also a worldwide icon, one of the greatest athletes of our time, a man committed to his family and to fatherhood,” the release continued.

source: people.com