George Floyd’s youngest child is now a Disney shareholder, thanks to Barbra Streisand. Six-year-old Gianna Floyd posted a photograph of herself on Instagram along with a certificate of Disney shares, and thanked Streisand for the gift.
“Thank You @barbrastreisand for my package, I am now a Disney Stockholder thanks to you,” Gianna wrote.
Representatives for Streisand confirmed to the Guardian that she had sent Floyd the shares, as well as videos of two television specials, 1965’s My Name is Barbra and Color Me Barbra (1966).
“I sent Gianna videos where I played a little girl in my first television special,” said Streisand, “singing kid songs, and my second special – a sequence with lots of baby animals.”
The spokesperson declined to confirm how many shares – which currently cost about $127 (£100) – were purchased on Floyd’s behalf.
A recent report calculated that shares bought in 2010 would have yielded a 370% investment over the past decade.
Streisand has called the death of Floyd on 25 May in Minneapolis, after a police officer pressed his knee into his neck for nearly nine minutes, “a modern day lynching”.
A week ago, Streisand reposted a widely shared video of Gianna on the shoulders of former NBA star Stephen Jackson, with the child’s message: “Daddy changed the world”.
Gianna goes by the nickname “GiGi” on her Instagram account, which is thought to be run by her mother, Roxie Washington. She is the youngest of Floyd’s five children.
A number of benefactors have come forward over the past fortnight to try to aid the Floyd family. The Texas Southern University in Houston said their board had “approved a fund to provide a full scholarship for Floyd’s beloved daughter, Gianna … if she wishes to attend the University”.
In addition, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first established in the US for black women, offered Gianna, as well as Floyd’s grandchildren Taleiaha and Journi, a full scholarship to attend a historically black college and university of their choosing.
Kanye West also created a 529 college savings plan to fully cover college tuition for Gianna, while a GoFundMe page for her has already raised more than $2m.
