Robert De Niro's daughter Drena, 56, shares epic photo of him leaping off yacht on his 81st birthday
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Robert De Niro isn't letting age keep him from indulging his inner daredevil.
The Taxi Driver actor celebrates his 81st birthday today and his daughter, Drena De Niro, 56, shared a few photos of her dad in honor of his big day.
The first showed him in red-and-blue striped swim trunks jumping off a yacht.
The second was a short video clip that reveals his impact with the water.
'Happy 81st Bday to my Dad and #1 ride or die .. Love you with all my ♥️♥️♥️ #BobbyD forever,' she captioned the carousel of photos, adding a crown emoji.
Robert De Niro's daughter Drena shared photos of her father jumping off a yacht to show how sprightly he was as he celebrated his 81st birthday
De Niro is father to seven children. Drena is the oldest at 56 and Gia is the youngest at one. De Niro seen here at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival
In the other snaps, Drena shared pics of her father with her late son Leandro at various points in his life.
Leandro was found dead by a friend on July 2, 2023, sitting in a chair in his New York City apartment at age 19.
His death was ruled an accident, caused by a 'toxic' combination of illicit drugs, including fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine and cocaine.
Meanwhile, De Niro's youngest child Gia, recently turned one-year-old. He shares the toddler with his girlfriend Tiffany Chen, 45.
The Goodfellas star reflected on becoming a father again in his 80s with AARP The Magazine.
'I'm an 80-year-old dad and it's great,' he told the outlet in January.
'Everything that I'm consumed with or worried about or this and that just goes away when I look at [Gia]. So that in itself, is, you know, wondrous.'
De Niro, intends for Gia to be bilingual in English and Chinese, he revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone in December 2023.
'[She is] half-Chinese. I want to try to teach her Chinese and show her nursery rhymes in English and Chinese,' he told the outlet. 'I'm trying to have her learn both.'
As the acting legend celebrates his 81st birthday, his daughter shared a selection of family photos
Drena also shared photos of her father over the years with her late son Leandro
The teenager was found dead on July 2, 2023 at age 19 from a toxic combination of drugs
Meanwhile, De Niro's youngest child Gia, recently turned one-year-old. He shares the toddler with his girlfriend Tiffany Chen, 45
The Goodfellas star reflected on becoming a father again in his 80s with AARP The Magazine . 'I'm an 80-year-old dad and it's great,' he told the outlet in January, seen here in 2024
And for Gia's first birthday in March, the Academy Award winner revealed the tot enjoyed some cake.
'Well, she's pure joy,' De Niro told ET.
'There's nothing about her, there's no judgment, there's no anything, she just is what she is, and it's just pure joy, for God's sakes,' he gushed.
The acting legend is also dad to six other children: Drena, 56, and Raphael De Niro, 47, whom he shares with ex-wife Diahnne Abbott; twin sons Julian De Niro and Aaron De Niro, 28, whom he shares with former girlfriend Toukie Smith; and Elliot De Niro, 16, and Helen Grace De Niro, 12, whom he shares with ex-wife Grace Hightower.
