Kobe Bryant Day: Inside His Relationship With Vanessa and Life as a Dad

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Kobe Bryant was not just a legendary basketball player, he was a beloved husband and a father.Though Kobe was, of course, known for his iconic basketball career, he was first and foremost a family man.

On the first official Kobe Bryant Day in Orange County, we look back at the NBA star's life with his wife and daughters. Kobe met his wife, Vanessa, during a music video shoot in 1999 while she was still in high school and he was just 20 years old.

They got engaged when she turned 18, and they got married in April 2001. Kobe shared a picture of the day they met on Instagram in April 2013.«This pic is the day I asked @ladyvb24 for her number 11/28/99,» he wrote. «Thru the ups and downs she has been my love and best friend.