Very touched by the death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna in January, Pau Gasol paid tribute to them. Having become a father for the first time Thursday, September 10, the Spanish basketball player and his wife Catherine McDonnell called their daughter Elisabet Gianna. An attention that touched Vanessa Bryant, the widow of the Black Mamba.
“Kobe was like my older brother,” Pau Gasol confided in February. A Black Mamba teammate for seven years at the Los Angeles Lakers, the Spaniard was devastated by his accidental death. Kobe Bryant died at the age of 41 on January 26 in a helicopter crash. A drama that also claimed the life of one of his daughters, Gianna, aged 13, and seven other people. Several months later, Pau Gasol pays a new tribute to the Bryant family.
“A name that means a lot to our beautiful daughter”
A little over a year after their marriage, the Pau Gasol-Catherine McDonnell couple welcomed their first child on September 10. They unveiled the good news Sunday on social networks. And have chosen to give their daughter a very special first name. “Our little one has finally arrived !! The delivery went very well and we could not be happier !! Elisabet Gianna Gasol, a name that means a lot to our beautiful daughter !!”, wrote the pivot.
