Posted on 07/03/2023 7:01:20 AM PDT by Libloather
Robert De Niro's 18-year-old grandson Leandro was found dead on Sunday afternoon with a white powdery substance on a plate near his body, DailyMail.com can reveal.
Leandro was the son of De Niro's adopted daughter Drena, 51, and artist Carlos Rodriguez. On Sunday, Drena announced his death on Instagram, saying: 'I wish that love alone could have saved you.'
Aspiring actor and director Leandro was following in his mother and grandfather's career footsteps, landed a small role in 2018's A Star Is Born as the son of Bradley Cooper's best friend, George 'Noodles' Stone, played by Dave Chappelle. He also appeared in Cabaret Maxime in 2018.
The teenager was found dead sitting in a chair in a $950,000, one-bedroom apartment in the Cipriani Club Residences on Wall Street.
A police source tells DailyMail.com the substance was found near his body and there were no signs of trauma. He was found by a friend who hadn't heard from him in a few days and was checking in on him, a police source told TMZ.
Both of his parents paid tribute to him on Instagram on Sunday night.
His father, Carlos, said in a post: 'Words aren't enough to express the joy he gave us or the loss we now endure with our families and friends. He is God's child now. On this full moon his spirit luminates what could not be seen in the dark.'
Drena's post began: 'My beautiful sweet angel. I have 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 was ever pure and real in my life. I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you.'
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I cannot believe that satan can be accepting them at the rate they are headed his way !!!
Must be a one-way revolving door. Sort of oxymoric.
Family Tradition.
Fentanyl combined with the Invincibility of Youth
More money than good sense. It’s a killer.
Politics aside, a tragedy for the parents and family. 🙏
I blame Joe Biden.
Keep having kids DeNiro.
Yep.
“Never underestimate the poor decision making capacity of youth.”
I hope Leandro wasn’t a loud-mouthed ahole like his grandpa while he was here.
RIP, kid.
Since the advent of Fentanyl, you never really know what you’re snorting up your nose anymore.
“The teenager was found dead sitting in a chair in a $950,000, one-bedroom apartment in the Cipriani Club Residences on Wall Street.”
Contrary to popular belief, money and fame are NOT what life is all about.
Or oxycodone.
Bad Grandpa.
Born with a silver spoon his mouth and died with it up his nose.
Nineteen…. This is tragic. Probably fentanyl .
“”as the son of Bradley Cooper’s best friend, George ‘Noodles’ Stone, played by Dave Chappelle.””
That’s weird - “Noodles” was the nickname De Niro had in “Once Upon a Time in America.”
What a movie!
May God comfort his family and grant his soul peace.
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