Robert De Niro’s daughter Drena pays tribute to late son Leandro on his birthday… one month after his death

Robert De Niro’s daughter Drena De Niro Rodriguez paid tribute to her late son Leandro on what would have been his 20th birthday. 

‘You would have been 20 yrs old today,’ she wrote next to a carousel of 10 photos.

‘Thank you for the happiest and most profound 2 decades of my life, little angel. I hope you are at peace and your spirit is filled with joy today and always. 8~11~03 – 7~2~23.’

Robert De Niro’s grandson died on July 2 after taking fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl, which his dealer allegedly warned him about.

Leandro, 19, was found dead at his apartment in New York City and Sofia Haley Marks, 20, has been accused of selling him drugs containing fentanyl – a powerful opioid which is said to be up to 50 times stronger than heroin.

Birthday: Robert De Niro’ s daughter Drena De Niro Rodriguez paid tribute to her late son Leandro on what would have been his 20th birthday

Emotional tribute: ‘You would have been 20 yrs old today,’ she wrote next to a carousel of 10 photos. ‘Thank you for the happiest and most profound 2 decades of my life, little angel. I hope you are at peace and your spirit is filled with joy today and always. 8~11~03 – 7~2~23’

Leandro died from a toxic mix of fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine, and cocaine, according to medical records obtained by TMZ.

According to police documents, also obtained by the outlet, texts were found on Leandro’s phone from Marks, where she asked him: ‘do you really need them? I don’t wanna kill you. I just don’t like serving u them cuz they not script.’

She is reported to have agreed to sell him three oxycodone pills and two Xanax tablets for $105 before allegedly texting him to say: ‘don’t go overboard with these.’

The drugs were delivered by car to Leandro around 9pm on July 1 and police say that Marks texted him at 1:50am to ask ‘u good?’

However, he never responded and was found dead on July 2.

Investigators found ‘one bag of cocaine, one straw with residue, two blue pills with ‘M’ and ’30’ (the oxycodone) and seven rectangular tablets – believed to be Xanax’ on a table beside Leandro after his death.

Leandro’s mother Drena De Niro – who is Robert De Niro’s adopted daughter from his marriage to ex-wife Diahnne Abbott – previously claimed her son died after taking pills laced with fentanyl.

In a post on Instagram, she alleged: ‘Someone sold him fentanyl-laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him.’

‘So for all these people still f****** around selling and buying this s***, my son is gone forever.’ 

Throwback photo: Leandro died from a toxic mix of fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine, and cocaine, according to medical records obtained by TMZ 

Life in pictures: According to police documents, also obtained by the outlet, texts were found on Leandro’s phone from Marks, where she asked him: ‘do you really need them? I don’t wanna kill you. I just don’t like serving u them cuz they not script’

Family: She is reported to have agreed to sell him three oxycodone pills and two Xanax tablets for $105 before allegedly texting him to say: ‘don’t go overboard with these’

Looking back: The drugs were delivered by car to Leandro around 9pm on July 1 and police say that Marks texted him at 1:50am to ask ‘u good?’

Tragic loss: However, he never responded and was found dead on July 2. Investigators found ‘one bag of cocaine, one straw with residue, two blue pills with ‘M’ and ’30’ (the oxycodone) and seven rectangular tablets – believed to be Xanax’ on a table beside Leandro after his death

Grief: Leandro’s mother Drena De Niro – who is Robert De Niro’s adopted daughter from his marriage to ex-wife Diahnne Abbott – previously claimed her son died after taking pills laced with fentanyl

Baby boy: In a post on Instagram, she alleged: ‘Someone sold him fentanyl-laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him.’ ‘So for all these people still f****** around selling and buying this s***, my son is gone forever’

High five: Leandro is survived by his mother Drena De Niro and father Carlos Rodriguez

First grandson: Leandro was Robert De Niro’s first grandchild

The 51-year-old actress previously confirmed his passing in an emotional post on Instagram. 

She wrote: ‘My beautiful sweet angel. I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly. You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life. 

‘I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you. I don’t know how to live without you but I’ll try to go on and spread the love and light that you so made me feel in getting to be your mama. 

‘You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you. I’m so sorry my baby.’

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