Just two months after welcoming his youngest child into the world, Robert De Niro’s daughter, Drena De Niro has issued a heartbreaking announcement.

Drena is the oldest of De Niro’s seventh children. She made De Niro a grandfather 19 years ago when she welcomed a baby boy into the world.

Sadly, Drena has revealed on Instagram that her 19-year-old son, Leo, has passed away. His cause of death is not immediately known

She said on Instagram “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 , I’m so sorry @carlosmare ??. Rest in Peace and Eternal Paradise my darling boy ????????️?️?️?️”

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While at the New York premiere for his new movie About My Father, De Niro addressed becoming a father at the age of 79, saying, “I’m okay with it. I’m good with it,” adding it “never gets easier.”

It was his co-star Kim Cattrall who confirmed Chen was the mother of Robert’s seventh child.

“I just had a baby,” De Niro revealed at the age of 79 after correcting the interviewer who asked him about being a father of six. And while De Niro dropped the major bombshell, he didn’t elaborate further.

In addition to Drena, 51, and his youngest child, De Niro is also a father to Raphael, 46, whom he also shares with his first wife, Diane Abbott. He has 27-year-old twin sons Julian and Aaron with his former girlfriend Toukie Smith. And he shares 24-year-old Elliot and 11-year-old Grace with his second wife Grace Hightower, who he divorced in 2018.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the De Niro family during this particularly tragic time.