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Carly Levy

Robert De Niro’s Daughter Breaks Silence About Her Son’s Death, Struggles With Drugs

Robert De Niro in Amsterdam

The daughter of Robert De Niro, Drena, is sadly going through every mother’s nightmare of losing her young child. The Goodfellas actor’s grandson Leandro, passed away at the age of 19 from a lethal drug combination. While in mourning, Drena breaks her silence on her son’s death and sets the record straight on his experience with drugs.

Addiction is unfortunately a disease that is still widely misunderstood today. According to a medical examiner’s report on TMZ, Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died from “the toxic effects of fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine, and cocaine." Drena De Niro made a post on Instagram in response to the negativity she’s received about the circumstances of her 19-year-old son’s death due to drugs. Take a look at the honest post down below.

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