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James 'Whitey' Bulger
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03 Sept 1929
† 30 Oct 2018
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
James Joseph 'Whitey' Bulger Jr. (September 3, 1929 – October 30, 2018) was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish mob group based in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, northwest of Boston. On December 23, 1994, Bulger went into hiding after his former FBI handler, John Connolly, tipped him off about a pending RICO indictment against him. He remained at large for sixteen years. After his 2011 capture, federal prosecutors tried Bulger for n...
Also Known As
Whitey Bulger, James J. Bulger
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