Legendary actor Robert de Niro broke his silence at the death of his grandson, Leandro DeNiro Rodriguez19, RadarOnline.com has learned.
As this outlet reported, Leandro was no longer found in his New York City apartment. Robert’s adopted daughter Drena De Niro revealed the news of her son’s passing in a touching Instagram post, which she dedicated to her “beautiful sweet angel.”
Monday has the Casino actor told Page six he was “deeply saddened” by the passing of his grandson.
“I am deeply saddened by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo,” his representative said in a statement. “We are extremely grateful for everyone’s condolences. We ask that we please be given privacy to mourn our loss of Leo.”
With Drena Instagram announcementthe grieving mother remembered the intense love she felt for her son before he was born.
“I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my stomach,” the Instagram caption read. “You have been my joy, my heart and everything that was ever pure and real in my life.”
“Wish I was with you,” Drena’s caption continued. “I don’t know how to live without you, but I will try to carry on and spread the love and light you made me feel this way when I became your mother.”
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Drena painfully concluded the post, “I wish only love could have saved you.”
“I’m so sorry my baby. …Rest in peace and eternal paradise my sweet boy,” Drena ended the emotional post, tagging Leo’s graffiti artist dad Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez.
Carlos said of the tribute, “words are not enough to express the joy he has given us or the loss we now endure with our families and friends.”
“He is God’s child [sic] now,’ Carlos continued. “On this full moon his mind illuminates what could not be seen in the dark. You can’t spell LOVE without LEO.”