Robert De Niro’s grandson, Leandro De Niro, dead at 19 – National | 24CA News
Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, a grandson of Robert De Niro, has died at 19.
His mom, Drena De Niro, introduced the news Monday in an Instagram publish.
“I don’t know how to live without you but I’ll try to go on and spread the love and light that you so made me feel in getting to be your mama,” she wrote. “You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you.”
Drena De Niro shared Leandro with artist Carlos Mare, who posted black squares sans caption on his Instagram accounts.
“I’m deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo. We’re greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo,” Robert De Niro stated in an announcement.
Further particulars weren’t instantly out there. Later Monday, De Niro’s publicist shared one other assertion from Drena De Niro.
“It is with immeasurable shock and and sadness that we say goodbye to our beloved son Leo. We thank you for the outpouring of love and support and ask that we are given privacy at this time to process this inconsolable grief,” she stated within the assertion.
In response to a request to substantiate a TMZ report that Leandro was present in a New York condominium, New York City police wrote that “an 18-year-old male was found unconscious, unresponsive and was pronounced deceased by EMS on scene” at a Wall Street handle that homes the Cipriani Club Residences. Leandro solely lately turned 19, news shops report.
The health worker’s workplace will decide the reason for dying.
Drena De Niro, 51, is the oldest of Robert De Niro’s now seven youngsters (the 79-year-old welcomed a child earlier this yr). The actor adopted her when he married her mom, Diahnne Abbott, his first spouse. Drena De Niro can also be an actor, with roles in “Joy,” “The Intern” and “Mozart in the Jungle,” amongst a protracted checklist of credit.
Leandro additionally had performing credit to his identify, with roles in three initiatives additionally that includes his mom: 2005’s “The Collection,” and 2018’s “Cabaret Maxime” and “A Star Is Born.” In Bradley Cooper’s remake, the mom and son performed mom and son _ spouse and youngster to Dave Chappelle’s character.
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