AND Robert De Niro’s nephew Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died at 19. A sudden end whose causes have not yet been revealed, announced via social media by the boy’s mother, Drena, the 51-year-old adopted by the actor in 1976.
Robert De Niro, who was the nephew Leandro
Leandro De Niro Rodriguez is born from the love between Drena De Niro and the artist Carlos Rodriguez. Just like his famous grandfather, Leandro had decided to go down the road of cinema. Indeed, in 2018, starred in the film A Star Is Born. The same year she was part of the cast of Cabaret Maxime and in 2005 he was in The Collection.
Mother’s announcement
The sad announcement of the boy’s disappearance was given by his mother Drena who shared a photo of her son on Instagram along with touching farewell words. «My beautiful and sweet angel. I loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly. You have been my joy my heart and all that has been pure and real in my life,” Drena wrote on social media. “I wish I was with you now. I would like to be in your place. I don’t know how to live without you but I will try to go on and spread the love and light that you made me feel to be your mom”. A post that immediately made the rounds of the web, collecting the condolences of many characters of the star system: from Lenny Kravitz to Naomi Campbell to Linda Evangelista.
The pain of grandfather Robert De Niro
Even the Oscar-winning actor shared the pain of this serious loss. «I am deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved nephew Leo» said the actor to Page Sixauthoritative gossip page of the New York Post, via a note delivered by his agent. «We greatly appreciate everyone’s condolences. We ask that we be given privacy to mourn the loss of our Leo.” Then again, Drena, in another post shared on Instagram, reiterating that he felt a pain he did not believe possible until now, wanted to greet his son once again: «You didn’t deserve to die like this but I can only believe that God needed a strong and mighty angel in his army.”
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