Current:Home > NewsRobert De Niro's Grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez Dead at 19 -FundGuru
Robert De Niro's Grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez Dead at 19
View
Date:2025-04-14 09:32:07
The De Niro family has suffered an unimaginable loss.
Robert De Niro's grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez has died. He was 19.
Leandro's mom Drena De Niro, the daughter of Robert and his ex Diahnne Abbott, confirmed the death of her "darling boy" in a heartbreaking Instagram post on July 2.
"My beautiful sweet angel . I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly," she captioned a photo of Leandro. "You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life . I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you . 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."
The 51-year-old actress, who shares Leandro with artist Carlos Mare, continued in a message to her late son, "You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you. I'm so sorry my baby."
Carlos has not publicly spoken out about the death. However, he did share a blacked out image on his Instagram page in the wake of Leandro's passing, with many users expressing their condolences in the comments section.
E! News has reached out to Robert's rep for comment and has not heard back.
Like his grandfather and mother, Leandro was an actor. Most famously, he appeared alongside Drena in 2018's A Star Is Born. In the film, he played the son of Dave Chappelle's George "Noodles" Stone, who was best friends with Bradley Cooper's Jackson Maine.
Leandro also held acting credits in 2005's The Collection and 2018's Cabaret Maxime, both of which starred his mom as well.
News of Leandro's death comes more than a month after he celebrated Mother's Day with Drena. As seen in a May 14 Instagram post, the mother-son duo spend the holiday watching the 1974 comedy Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore together.
"A Lil bit of Leo Lil bit of Mare," Drena wrote, sharing photos of Leandro hanging out with his dad as well as the family dog. "Lots of memories of my soulmate ,fur baby Daisy. Today was a good day."
Also in May, Robert welcomed a daughter named Gia Virginia Chen De Niro with girlfriend Tiffany Chen. The baby girl is the first for the couple and the seven child for the Oscar winner.
(E! and NBC News are part of the NBCUniversal family.)
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
veryGood! (3)
Related
- B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
- Chris Hemsworth Can Thank His 3 Kids For Making Him to Join Transformers Universe
- Tallulah Willis Details Painful Days Amid Dad Bruce Willis' Health Battle
- Alabama Environmental Group, Fishermen Seek to End ‘Federal Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay
- Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order
- Halle Berry Reveals Hilarious Mom Mistake She Made With 16-Year-Old Daughter Nahla
- As Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday, a musical gala celebrates the ‘rock-and-roll president’
- 3 dead in wrong-way crash on busy suburban Detroit highway
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- Amazon announces dates for its October Prime Day sales
Ranking
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- The Secret Service again faces scrutiny after another gunman targets Trump
- Inside the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is locked up: violence, squalor and death
- Despite confusion, mail voting has not yet started in Pennsylvania
- Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
- For families of Key Bridge collapse victims, a search for justice begins
- Emily Deschanel on 'uncomfortable' and 'lovely' parts of rewatching 'Bones'
- Georgia house fire victims had been shot before blaze erupted
Recommendation
Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
Man who sold fentanyl-laced pill liable for $5.8 million in death of young female customer
City approves plan for Oklahoma hoops, gymnastics arena in $1.1B entertainment district
US sends soldiers to Alaska amid Russian military activity increase in the area
McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
Shohei Ohtani hits HR No. 48, but Los Angeles Dodgers fall to Miami Marlins
3 dead in wrong-way crash on busy suburban Detroit highway
Singer JoJo Addresses Rumor of Cold Encounter With Christina Aguilera