A MYSTERIOUS hand-written note was found next to the dead body of a popular actor following his shock death, investigators reveal.
Hollywood star Peter Greene, 60, was reportedly found “face down” on the floor of his New York City apartment on Friday, after music was heard playing for 24 hours prior.
The non-stop noise caused neighbours to raise the alarm, calling cops in to do a welfare check.
A strange note was found next to his body, according to investigators, referencing an Irish-American gang that operated out of Hell’s Kitchen in the 1970s.
The note read “I’m still a Westie”.
No further details have been released regarding the note or his death, however police say they do not suspect foul play.
Greene’s cause of death has yet to be determined by a medical examiner.
On Saturday evening, Greene’s manager Gregg Edwards confirmed his death, also revealing the details of their final phone call.
Edwards said he spoke to the star just days before, saying: “he sounded ok”.
“It was a totally normal conversation,” he said, adding the actor had been nervous about a scheduled surgery for the removal of a benign tumour near his lung.
“He was a little nervous about the operation going in, but he said it wasn’t super serious.”
The procedure had been scheduled for Friday – the day he was found dead.
Edwards has been left distraught by Greene’s death, saying: “I love the guy”.
“He was … terrific,” he said.
“Truly one of the great actors of our generation.
“His heart was as big as there was. I’m going to miss him. He was a great friend,” Edwards added.
The pair had worked together for more than a decade.
A neighbour spoke to the New York Daily News, saying “Peter was lying on the floor, facedown, [with a] facial injury, blood everywhere”.
Best known for his villainous roles in 1994’s Pulp Fiction and The Mask, died at his apartment in New York’s Lower East Side.
Greene built a reputation in the 1990s as one of Hollywood’s most memorable screen villains.
He played Zed, the sadistic security guard in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 hit Pulp Fiction, and ruthless mobster Dorian Tyrell opposite Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in The Mask the same year.
Edwards described Greene as having “a heart as big as gold”.
“Nobody played a bad guy better than Peter,” he said.
“But he also had, you know, a gentle side that most people never saw.”
With nearly 95 screen credits, Greene appeared in The Usual Suspects, Training Day, Blue Streak, and Laws of Gravity.
He also starred in Clean, Shaven – a 1993 indie film that earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of a man with schizophrenia.
A New York Times review said his performance turned the role “into a compellingly anguished, volatile character.”
Edwards revealed Greene was preparing to begin production in January on an independent thriller titled Mascots alongside Mickey Rourke.
