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Vanessa Bryant added that she was \"grateful\" to be able to celebrate with their three other daughters -- Natalia, 17, Bianka, 3, and Capri, 10 months -- but that she wished \"we were all together,\" adding the hashtag \"#MyBirthdayWish.\"

Word of the Jan. 26 helicopter accident -- which also killed several others -- sent shockwaves around the world. Numerous tributes were made during the 2020 Grammys, which aired just hours after news broke, and at the 2020 Oscars just two weeks later.

The Academy Award winner was 41 and Gianna was 13 at the time of their deaths.

Editor's note: This was originally published on May. 05, 2020

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