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Bulger, Whitey, 1929-2018

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Personal name headingBulger, Whitey, 1929-2018
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Variant(s)Bulger, James J., Jr. (James Joseph), 1929-2018
Baxter, Thomas F., 1929-2018
Shapeton, Mark, 1929-2018
Bulger, Jimmy, 1929-2018
Bulger, James Joseph, Jr., 1929-2018
Harris, Tom, 1929-2018
Marshall, Tom, 1929-2018
Whitey, 1929-2018
LocatedSouth Boston (Boston, Mass.)
Birth date1929-09-03
Death date2018-10-30
Place of birthDorchester (Boston, Mass.)
Place of deathBruceton Mills (W. Va.)
Field of activityOrganized crime
Profession or occupationGangsters Informers
Found inThe cop and the criminal [VR], c2001: title screen (the Whitey Bulger story) program (James J. Bulger)
FBI Most Wanted List, http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/fugitives/bulger.htm, Dec. 18, 2001 (Aliases: Thomas F. Baxter, Mark Shapeton, Jimmy Bulger, James Joseph Bulger, James J. Bulger, Jr., James Joseph Bulger, Jr., Tom Harris, Tom Marshall, "Whitey". Date of birth: September 3, 1929)
New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 30, 2018 (James (Whitey) Bulger; b. James Joseph Bulger Jr., Sept. 3, 1929, Dorchester, Mass.; grew up in South Boston; found beaten to death Tuesday [Oct. 30, 2018], in the Hazelton federal penitentiary in Bruceton Mills, W. Va., where he had been transferred on Monday, aged 89; mobster and F.B.I. informer who was captured after 16 years on the run and finally brought to justice in 2013 for a murderous reign of terror that inspired books, films, and a saga of Irish-American brotherhood and brutality); viewed Oct. 31, 2018 (Bulger was likely attacked early in the morning, sometime between 6 a.m., when cell doors were unlocked so inmates could go to breakfast, and 8 a.m., when the staff made rounds, federal prison employees said)