Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, a grandson of Robert De Niro, has died at 19.
His mom, Drena De Niro, declared the information Monday in an Instagram publish.
“I never know how to dwell without you but I’ll consider to go on and spread the appreciate and mild that you so produced me truly feel in acquiring to be your mama,” she wrote. “You have been so deeply loved and appreciated and I desire that appreciate 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 drastically appreciative of the condolences from every person. We request that we be sure to be presented privacy to grieve our reduction of Leo,” Robert De Niro explained in a statement.
Further details had been not immediately readily available. Messages to a consultant for Drena De Niro was not straight away returned.
In response to a request to ensure a TMZ report that Leandro was uncovered in a New York condominium, New York Metropolis police wrote that “an 18-yr-previous male was uncovered unconscious, unresponsive and was pronounced deceased by EMS on scene” at a Wall Road tackle that homes the Cipriani Club Residences. Leandro only lately turned 19, news stores report.
The professional medical examiner’s office will figure out the induce of dying.
Drena De Niro, 51, is the oldest of Robert De Niro’s now seven young children (the 79-calendar year-previous welcomed a toddler before this yr). The actor adopted her when he married her mom, Diahnne Abbott, his first wife. Drena De Niro is also an actor, with roles in “Joy,” “The Intern” and “Mozart in the Jungle,” among the a extended listing of credits.
Leandro also experienced performing credits to his name, with roles in three initiatives also featuring his mother: 2005’s “The Assortment,” and 2018’s “Cabaret Maxime” and “A Star Is Born.” In Bradley Cooper’s remake, the mother and son played mother and son — wife and little one to Dave Chappelle’s character.
