Robert De Niro's Daughter Says Fentanyl Killed Her 19-Year-Old Son

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Robert De Niro‘s grandson may have lost his life to a fentanyl overdose, according to his mother. In case you didn’t hear the heartbreaking news, over the weekend the legendary actor’s grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at only 19.

On Sunday night his daughter Drena De Niro, whom he adopted when he was married to his first wife Diahnne Abbott in the ’70s, posted to her Instagram about the loss of her son.

She wrote in the caption: Absolutely gut-wrenching. Related: ‘I Almost Died’: Tatum O’Neal Reveals She Overdosed On Drugs In 2020 The Goodfellas star also released a statement, telling the media on Monday morning: On the same morning Robert’s statement came out, “law enforcement sources” spoke to TMZ and said the boy’s passing is being “investigated as an overdose.” The outlet also said the insiders alleged they found “both drugs and drug paraphernalia were found near his body,” and sadly it seems like Drena’s comment is backing up that claim.

On Wednesday, she replied to a comment in another post she made alongside Leandro’s father making a statement about the death, and suggested fentanyl is what her son overdosed on: Just awful.