Robert De Niro’s grandson Leandro has died at the age of 19.
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The veteran actor’s adopted daughter, Drena De Niro, announced on Instagram Sunday night that her son had passed away.
“My beautiful angel. I have loved you beyond words since I felt you in my stomach. “You were my joy, my heart and everything that was pure and real in my life,” she wrote alongside a photo of Leandro. Me I would like to be with you right now. I would like to be with you. I don’t know how to live without you, but I will try to move on and spread the love and light that you gave me by being your mother You were loved and cherished so much and I wish love alone could save you. I’m so sorry baby I’m so sorry @carlosmare. Rest in peace and paradise forever my dear boy.”
The young woman then expressed her condolences in the comments to her message.
Rosie Perez wrote: “Shocked! I am so sorry ! We are all here for you!!! I love you too much ! while director Lee Daniels added, “Drena, may GOD hold you in his arms.”
Drena De Niro did not reveal any further details about her son’s death.
During his marriage to Diahnne Abbott, the Taxi Driver-actor adopted Drena, Abbott’s daughter from a previous relationship. She is the eldest of her seven children.
Leandro followed his grandfather and mother into acting, with small roles in A Star Is Born, The Collection and Cabaret Maxime.