Cause of death revealed for Pulp Fiction and The Mask actor Peter Greene who was found dead at home aged 60
The cause of death has been announced for Pulp Fiction, The Mask and The Usual Suspects star Peter Greene.
The star, who shot to global fame as Zed in Pulp Fiction, was found dead at his home in December. He was 60 years old.
His manager, Gregg Edwards, announced news the beloved actor died at his New York home on Friday December 12. At the time, he said: “Nobody played a bad guy better than Peter. But he also had, you know, a gentle side that most people never saw, and a heart as big as gold.”
Greene gained huge fame when he appeared in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 classic Pulp Fiction as the sadistic villain, Zed. Then, in the same year, he also increased his profile as bad guy Dorian in the Jim Carrey-fronted, The Mask.
His cause of death was not given at the time, but Edwards said Greene was found dead after a welfare check was carried out on him because music had been playing in his apartment for more than 24 hours.
It has now been revealed that the iconic actor died from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. It is understood to have shot himself in the left armpit, according to TMZ.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York City told the outlet the actor’s cause of death was ruled as “a gunshot wound of the left axilla with injury of the brachial artery”. The bullet reportedly damaged a key artery which supplies blood to the arm, elbow, forearm and hand.
Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Greene began acting in his 20s while living in New York City. As well as Pulp Fiction and The Mask, Greene also appeared in cult classics The Usual Suspects, as Redfoot, and Training Day, as Jeff.
Edwards also said at the time of Greene’s death that he was was preparing to begin production this January on an independent thriller titled Mascots alongside Mickey Rourke.