By Adam Nichols
DNAinfo News Editor
Hells Kitchen - The son of legendary mobster Mickey Spillane plunged to his death from his sixth floor Hells Kitchen apartment in what appears to be a tragic accident, police said.
Actor Bobby Spillane, 45, had been leaning on the window and calling to his twin brother on the street below when he fell onto Eighth Avenue at 7.45 a.m. Saturday.
He hit a tree on the way down and died immediately.
The horror was watched by his brother, Michael, relatives told the Daily News.
"Michael said he'll never forget the thump when he hit the ground," said Spillane's uncle, Jim McManus, 75.
"He said, 'That will be in my mind forever.'"
Spillane wsa recovering from shoulder surgery and had one arm in a sling, his uncle said.
The actor's father led the infamous Westies gang for two decades and was known as the "Gentleman Gangster."
He ran rackets on the West Side through the '60s, and earned the name as more violent gangsters tried to edge onto his turf.
He was shot dead in 1977, when Bobby was just 12.
Spillane had parts in TV shows and films including "Law & Order," "Rescue Me" and "The Thomas Crown Affair."
