“In a chair and next to white powder”: this is how Robert De Niro’s grandson was found dead under strange circumstances at the age of 19

The world of entertainment has been rocked by the sad death of actor Robert De Niro’s grandson, Leandro, a young man of just 19 who wanted to become an actor and film director to follow in the footsteps of his mother Drena De Niro and his grandfather.

The family is devastated by the loss of one of its members, who was found without vital signs in his apartment on Wall Street, and his body was taken to the funeral home of Frank E. Campbell, where the actor is 79 years old, the Daily Mail reports.

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The causes of death of Robert De Niro’s grandson

According to what police reported to the Daily Mail, Leandro De Niro was found in his million-dollar home “in a chair next to white powder.”

In this sense, the authorities’ hypothesis is that the young man, who had minor roles in “A Star is Born” and “Cabaret Maxime”, died of a possible overdose.

Although the cause of death has not yet been confirmed, Robert De Niro’s family issued a statement, via Instagram, to request privacy about the difficult time they are going through.

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The impact of the loss on the De Niro family

The loss is inconsolable for the entire family, revealed Robert De Niro in the aforementioned statement, in which he also thanked his followers for their condolences: “I am deeply saddened by the death of my beloved grandson Leo.”

While her adopted daughter and Leandro’s mother, Drena De Niro shared various and emotional photos of her son on Instagram stories and indicated that she had the opportunity to hold her son “one last time” at the funeral home and that he “didn’t deserve to die like this”.

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