Drena’s Instagram tribute to her dad also featured photos of De Niro with Drena’s late son Leandro, who died at age 19 from an accidental overdose after taking pills that were laced with fentanyl last July.
“Happy 81st Bday to my Dad and #1 ride or die .. Love you with all my ♥️♥️♥️ #BobbyD forever ✨👑✨,” Drena wrote in her caption.
Robert De Niro with his late grandson Leandro. Drena De Niro/Instagram Robert De Niro with his late grandson Leandro. Drena De Niro/Instagram
De Niro shares Drena with ex-wife Diahnne Abbott. The former couple also have a son, Raphael, 47.
The “Meet the Parents” actor has five other children : twins Julian and Aaron, 28, son Elliot, 26, and daughters Helen Grace, 12, and Gia , who was born in April 2023.
Robert De Niro and Drena De Niro at the CHANEL Tribeca Film Festival Artists Dinner in April 2017. WireImage
“I’m deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo,” he said at the time. “We’re greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo.”
“I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly,” the actress and filmmaker captioned a throwback photo. “You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life.”
Grace Hightower, Robert De Niro and Drena De Niro at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. Dimitrios Kambouris
“[I] never thought it would happen. And I just then started thinking about all the things I could have, should have done maybe with him,” the “Killers of the Flower Moon” star said.
“I don’t know if that would’ve made a difference. And so that’s always playing through my mind. It shouldn’t have happened,” he added.
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