Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, the 19-year-old grandson of Godfather star Robert De Niro, has tragically died.
The younger actor was following in his granddad’s footsteps, having featured alongside Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in A Star is Born in 2018. His dying was confirmed on Monday.
Leandro performed Leo Stone, the son of Dave Chapelle’s George “Noodles” Stone, within the hit movie and was starting to make a reputation for himself in Hollywood.
He additionally held performing credit in The Collection (2005) and Cabaret Maxime (2018).
Leandro was the son of De Niro’s adopted daughter Drena De Niro, 51, and artist Carlos Rodriguez.
Drena took the star actor’s surname after he married her mom, Diahnne Abbott, in 1976.
Drena took to Instagram on Monday to verify her son’s dying, sharing an emotional tribute to her “darling boy”.
It was accompanied by a portrait shot of {the teenager} and was captioned: “I wish that love alone could have saved you”.
“My beautiful sweet angel, I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly,” Drena’s tribute learn.
“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.
“You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you.
“Rest in peace and eternal paradise my darling boy.”
Leandro’s dad Carlos didn’t pay a public tribute to his late son however shared a picture of a black sq. on his Instagram web page.
Carlos is a famend New York-based artist most notable for his subway graffiti and publishes underneath the pseudonym “Mare 139”.
Leandro’s reason for dying has not been introduced.
Drena is the adopted daughter of De Niro, 79, after his marriage to actor Diahnne Abbott. The couple later welcomed a son, Raphael.
Drena has labored within the arts, modelling, the music trade and vogue, earlier than finally following in her dad’s footsteps to develop into an actor and filmmaker.
De Niro can be father to Julian, Aaron, Elliot, Helen and Gia.
In April this yr, he welcomed his seventh baby, Gia, together with his girlfriend Tiffany Chen.
De Niro shares Elliot and Helen together with his ex-wife Grace Hightower, and twins Julian and Aaron with actor Toukie Smith.
Source: www.news.com.au
