Robert De Niro covers his face at grandson Leandro’s wake after ‘fentanyl’ OD

July 6, 2023

Robert De Niro covered his face with a newspaper Thursday as he entered a wake for his teenage grandson, Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, who is believed to have died from a fentanyl overdose last weekend.

The legendary “Goodfellas” actor slipped into the Frank E. Campbell funeral home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side as Rodriguez’s mother and father made a solemn appearance, hand-in-hand, photos show.

The devastated parents — Drena De Niro, 51, and her artist ex-husband Carlos Rodriguez, 51— gazed straight ahead with furrowed brows as they prepared to bid their 19-year-old son farewell.

Robert de Niro — Robert De Niro shielded his face as he entered a wake for his 19-year-old grandson Leandro.

Parents of Leandro DeNiro Rodriguez, Drena DeNiro and Carlos Rodriguez, walk into their son's funeral at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home at 1076 Madison Avenue at East 81 Street in Manhattan. He was the grandson of Acto. (nypostinhouse) (Kevin C. Downs for The New York), July 6, 2023 — Drena De Niro and her ex-husband Carlos Rodriguez hold hands outside the funeral home Thursday.

Other loved ones embraced outside the illustrious funeral home, which has held wakes for celebrities ranging from Biggie Smalls to John Lennon and Joan Rivers.

De Niro’s “Mean Streets” costar Harvey Keitel was among those attending the 19-year-old’s wake.

Rodriguez’s death is being probed by police as a possible overdose after his body was discovered Sunday inside a lower Manhattan apartment with a white powdery substance nearby.

Drena De Niro, who is the star’s eldest daughter, said tragedy struck after her son unwittingly took pills laced with the powerful opioid fentanyl.

Coffin arrives at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home at 1076 Madison Avenue at East 81 Street in Manhattan. (nypostinhouse) (Kevin C. Downs for The New York), July 1, 2023 — Leandro De Niro Rodriguez’s coffin arrives at the Manhattan funeral home.

“Someone sold him fentanyl-laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him,” Drena, 51, wrote on Instagram Tuesday when asked about the tragedy.

“So for all these people still f–king around selling and buying this s–t, my son is gone forever.”

Loved ones embrace outside a wake for Leandro De Niro Rodriguez in Manhattan Thursday.

Rodriguez’s toxicology report is still pending, and the city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has yet to disclose an official cause of death.

Robert De Niro, 79, said he was “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” in a statement Monday.