Entertainment

Robert De Niro ‘Deeply Distressed’ by Teen Grandson’s Death

‘BELOVED’

The Oscar-winning actor put out a statement saying he was grieving the loss of 19-year-old, Leandro.

Robert De Niro, whose grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez has died aged 19.
Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty

Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, the grandson of Robert De Niro, has died, his mother confirmed in a statement. He was 19.

According to law enforcement sources cited by TMZ, the teenager was found dead while sitting in a chair in a New York City apartment on Sunday afternoon after a friend went to check on him after several days without contact.

His famous grandfather released a statement to Page Six, saying his family was mourning the loss. “I’m deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo,” the actor said in a statement to Page Six via his rep. “We’re greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo.”

Sources added there were no obvious signs about what had caused his death.

Leandro is the son of Drena De Niro, who Robert De Niro adopted when he married her mother, Diahnne Abbott. The actor then welcomed a son, Raphael, with Abbott that same year.

“My beautiful sweet angel. I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly,” Drena De Niro, wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday evening. “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. You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you,” Robert De Niro’s 51-year-old daughter added in the post.

Leandro De Niro Rodriguez appeared alongside his mom in the 2018 film A Star Is Born, where he played the Leo, son of Dave Chappelle’s George “Noodles” Stone, who was best friends with Bradley Cooper’s Jackson Maine.

Read it at TMZ