Robert The Great

I remember, too, a distant bell and stars that fell
Like the rain out of the blue
When my life is through
And the angels ask me to recall
The thrill of it all
Then I will tell them I remember you
Slim Whitman

63, and one of the very best.

Robert De Niro Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is a two time Academy Award-winning American film actor, director, producer and founder of the Tribeca Film Festival. He is regarded as one of the finest motion picture actors of his generation. Many regard him as the successor to Marlon Brando. He is particularly noted for his portrayal of mobsters in the gangster underworld, and conflicted, troubled characters, and for his enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese. De Niro was born in New York City, the son of Robert De Niro, Sr., an abstract expressionist painter, sculptor and poet (De Niro's great-grandparents were Italian immigrants from the village of Ferrazzano, Molise, [1]), and Virginia Admiral, also a painter. They had met at the painting classes of Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His parents divorced when he was two years old.

Robert De Niro, one of the finest yes. A man to be respected, i've loved a ton of his movies. Hilarious in Analyze This/That, heartbreaking in Heat and Deer Hunter, respected in Goodfellas, Casino and The Untouchables, and so much more. He's one of a kind. Many returns of the day De Niro!