Veteran American actor, Robert De Niro’s 19-year-old son, Leandro De Niro Rodriguez passes away.
In a moving Instagram tribute on Sunday, the actor’s daughter Drena De Niro confirmed the news of her son’s passing.
“My beautiful sweet angel,” the filmmaker, 51, began the lengthy post. “I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly.
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“You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life,” she continued. “I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you. I don’t know how to live without you.”
Drena continued her post by expressing her desire to “spread the love and light” that Leandro had given her.
“You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you,” she concluded. “I’m so sorry my baby. Rest in Peace and Eternal Paradise my darling boy.”