Photo:Drea De Niro Instagram
Drea De Niro Instagram
Drena De Nirois paying tribute toPaul Reubensafter hisdeath at 70.
“Darling wonderful kind genius Paul 💙 I loved you since the moment I first laid on eyes on you inCheech & Chong’s Up in Smokebecause even though I was just a kid ..Weird knows weird and you were brilliantly and beautifully weird,” De Niro, the daughter ofRobert De Niro, wrote in the caption.
“You gave the world so much more than it gave back to you,” she continued, emphasizing her love for Reubens’s popular character Pee Wee Herman.
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“Thank you for letting me part of your Big Adventure,” she wrote. “Now you and Leandro can ride bicycles, build elaborate pet feeding systems & talk to the animals everyday together. Take care of eachother. Heaven is lucky to have you 2 angels. Love you Buddy”
De Niro-Rodriguez, 19, was found dead on July 2 inside a New York City apartment. On July 14, PEOPLE confirmed that policearrestedSofia H. Marks, 20, and accused her of selling fake Oxycodone and Xanax laced with fentanyl to him the night before he was found dead. Her trial is scheduled for Aug. 14.
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“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,” Drena wrote on Instagram following news of his death. “You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you.”
Meanwhile, a rep for Reubens confirmed his death to PEOPLE in a statement Monday and revealed the actor had cancer for years before he died.
“Paul bravely and privately fought cancer for years with his trademark tenacity and wit,” the statement read. “A gifted and prolific talent, he will forever live in the comedy pantheon and in our hearts as a treasured friend and man of remarkable character and generosity of spirit.”
source: people.com
