Brooklyn-born actor Nick Santino committed suicide on Wednesday, The New York Post reports.
The
soap opera star was wracked with grief after his beloved pit bull Rocco
was euthanized Tuesday — the same day Santino turned 47.
“Today
I betrayed my best friend and put down my best friend,” Santino wrote
in a suicide note, according to close friend Stuart Sarnoff. “Rocco
trusted me and I failed him. He didn’t deserve this.”
The
actor, who appeared on seven episodes of “All My Children” and six
episodes of “Guiding Light,” had been feeling “harassed” by his building
management company, according to his neighbor Lia Pettigrew.
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He
was allegedly threatened with a $250 fine for having a barking dog, but
according to neighbor Kevan Cleary, “the dog was not a barker, but
somebody complained that the dog would bark.”
Santino
phoned a former girlfriend at 2 a.m. Wednesday. Police found Santino’s
body in his bedroom later that afternoon. The actor had overdosed on
pills.
The actor’s pet Rocco has been cremated; friends tell The New York Post Santino’s remains will also be cremated.
