When a celebrity dies, there is a public outpouring of mourning. Sometimes it feels strange to mourn someone we have never met or even come close to meeting, but we feel their loss because they contributed something to our lives that made us feel connected to them. Imagine what it must be like when someone famous loses a significant other. Not only are they faced with their own grief, but they also have to go through a sort of public mourning process whether they want to or not because all eyes are on them.
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The recent death of Kobe Bryant has us thinking about what his wife Vanessa must be going through, having lost both her husband of many years and her 13-year-old daughter in such a sudden and unexpected way. We can't begin to fathom what it must be like for her to be grieving two of her dearest while still having to mother her three living children–and having so much media attention put on her family.
Vanessa Bryant is one of many celebrities who have lost a significant other. You'll be touched by how the following celebrities had to deal with losing someone they loved romantically. We all will have to contend with losing a loved one to death at some point in our lives. But most of us will not have to go through the grieving process with everyone watching.