Robert “Bobby” Spillane, son of legendary gangster Mickey Spillane died after falling from NYC apartment building

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Michael Spillane, the son of  ”Westies” mobster Mickey Spillane, called 911 early Saturday morning after finding his younger brother, Robert “Bobby” Spillane lying on a NYC street corner bleeding to death.
It is unclear whether Robert’s death was an accident or if he committed suicide, but authorities say around 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, he fell from the sixth floor window of his Eighth Avenue apartment building.
His body was discovered by Michael, 46, who had just crossed the street after leaving a Starbucks coffee shop.

The manager of the Cosmic Diner, who witnessed the incident, told reporters that “Michael was coming from Starbucks this morning and as he crossed the street he saw Robert lying there.”
Robert, 45, was the youngest of Mickey Spillane’s three children. He had played bit parts on hit TV shows such as, “NYPD Blue”, “Law and Order” and “Rescue Me”, and wrote an off-Broadway play about cross-dressing gangsters.

Mickey Spillane was known as the “last gentleman gangster.”  The elder Spillane ran the rackets for the “Westies” Irish gang for decades before he was gunned down in 1977 when Robert was 12-years-old.

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