Overview
- New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner determined the cause as a gunshot wound to the left axilla with injury to the brachial artery and classified the manner of death as an accident.
- Greene, 60, was found in his Lower East Side apartment in December during a welfare check after neighbors reported music playing for more than a day.
- His longtime manager said they spoke two days earlier and that Greene was scheduled for surgery to remove a benign tumor near his lung.
- Reports from the scene described visible blood, a facial injury, and a handwritten note reading “I’m still a Westie,” details that had fueled speculation before the official finding.
- TMZ first reported the medical examiner’s determination, which outlets later confirmed, as tributes noted Greene’s nearly 100 screen credits and his work co‑producing and narrating the documentary From the American People: The Withdrawal of USAID.