Whitey Bulger

American crime boss
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Also known as: James Joseph Bulger, Jr.
Quick Facts
Byname of:
James Joseph Bulger, Jr.
Born:
September 3, 1929, Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died:
October 30, 2018, U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia (aged 89)

Whitey Bulger (born September 3, 1929, Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 30, 2018, U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia) was an American crime boss who, as head of the Boston-area Winter Hill Gang, was a leading figure in organized crime from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s. For more than a decade, until his capture in June 2011, he was listed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as one of its 10 most-wanted fugitives. Bulger was born to working-class Irish immigrants and grew up in a housing project in the neighbourhood of South Boston. In his early years he ...(100 of 837 words)