Robert De Niro's Daughter Drena Honors Son Leandro 1 Year After His Death: 'You Made the World a Brighter Place'

Leandro's father Carlos "Mare" Rodriguez also shared an Instagram post mourning his son, writing, “Year One. Rest in Peace ... "

Drena De Niro is honoring her son, Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez, one year after his death.

The daughter Robert De Niro dedicated a touching tribute to her late son on the first anniversary of his death on Instagram, alongside never-before-seen photos of Leandro and one of his grave.

She kicked off her post with a photo of her son posing in a leather jacket and leather pants, with his arms open wide. In the next picture, Leandro again wore a leather jacket and white shirt while he turned his head to the side, with his hair covering his face.

Drena, 52, then shared more recent photos, including lines from a poem about the power of someone’s presence in a person’s life and a snap visiting her son's grave, which was adorned with several vases of flowers. She concluded the Instagram carousel with a picture of Leandro smiling.

“I KNEW this kid was jacking my clothes behind my back !!!,” Drena jokingly began her caption.

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“Today we celebrated sweet wild boy Leo 🖤,” she continued. “In your short time here you made the world a brighter place. You are deeply loved like the sun loves the moon and the moon loves the sea.”

Drena then went on to thank “everyone” who “held” her and her family “in [their] arms and hearts through the darkest days,” adding that she could “only hope to pay it forward.”

She concluded the post with the hashtag, “#cantspelllovewithoutleo.”

Leandro’s father Carlos "Mare" Rodriguez also shared an Instagram post mourning his son on the anniversary of his death. He simply posted a black photo with the words, “Year One. Rest in Peace Rest in Me Leo. #youcantspelllovewithoutleo 🙏🕊️❤️💔.”

On his Instagram Stories, Carlos shared that they had made a cake in tribute to his late son, which had the same phrase written on it. He also shared some throwback videos of Leandro dancing in the street when he was younger.

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Drena initially shared the news about the death of her son, who was 19 years old, on July 2, 2023, writing on Instagram in part, “Rest in Peace and Eternal Paradise my darling boy.”

Robert, 80, also shared his grief following his grandson's death, saying in a statement to PEOPLE, "I'm deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo. We're greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo."

A spokesperson for the NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information told PEOPLE at the time that a “male was found unconscious, unresponsive and was pronounced deceased by EMS on scene" after police received a 911 at around 2:23 p.m. on July 2, 2023.

The following month, the New York City chief medical examiner's office confirmed to PEOPLE that Leandro died of an accidental drug overdose, specifically due to the "toxic effects of fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine and cocaine."

"Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him," Drena wrote on Instagram days after Leandro's death. "So for all these people still f---ing around selling and buying this s---, my son is gone forever."

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