Pulp Fiction' actor Peter Greene died of accidental gunshot wound to his armpit

"Greene, 60, shot himself in his left armpit, damaging the brachial artery that supplies blood to the arm, the medical examiner ruled. A neighbor found Greene in the actor's ground-floor apartment on Clinton St. near Stanton St. on Dec. 12 after tenants there reported hearing Christmas music playing inside the unit for several days. Greene had a documented history of drug use, telling Premier magazine in an interview about his struggles with addiction in the 1990s."

"Residents had heard Christmas music blasting from The Mask actor's apartment starting around 3 a.m. two days earlier before building management sent over a locksmith to gain access to Greene's apartment, the neighbor said. Peter was lying on the floor, facedown, facial injury, blood everywhere , the neighbor said. On the door to Greene's unit, a handwritten note was posted, which included the line I'm still a Westie, in an apparent reference to the Irish-American gang that operated out of Hell's Kitchen in the '70s"

"Speaking to the Daily News after Greene's body was found, Gregg Edward, his longtime manager, said the Usual Suspects actor had been chosen for a role in a movie starring Mickey Rourke set to film next year called Mascots, and was in the running for at least two other projects. He had a reputation as tough to work with. He was a perfectionist. He wanted it right, Edward said."

Peter Greene, 60, died from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to his left armpit that damaged the brachial artery. Neighbors reported Christmas music playing from his ground-floor Lower East Side apartment for days before a neighbor found his body on Dec. 12. A handwritten note on his door included the line I'm still a Westie. Greene had a documented history of drug addiction in the 1990s. His longtime manager, Gregg Edward, said Greene had been chosen for a role in an upcoming film called Mascots and was being considered for other projects. Surgery to remove a benign lung-area tumor had been scheduled.

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