Howie Carr (radio host) will have a field day with this. He's a New England authority on Whitey Bulger who received death threats as a result of his publications. Actually, that's an understatement. Bulger took out a contract on Carr.
Locally, Carr has a show that follows Rush Limbaugh's.
October 23, 2018
James 'Whitey' Bulger dead: Notorious Boston mob boss found dead in West Virginia prison
Bulger, the former leader of the Winter Hill gang, was recently relocated to the West Virginia penitentiary.
By Pete Williams, Tom Winter and Rich Schapiro
NBCnews.com
Notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was found dead at a federal prison in West Virginia Tuesday, federal officials said.
Bulger, 89, had recently arrived at the high-security penitentiary USP Hazelton in West Virginia, according to the Boston Herald.
The feared former leader of the Winter Hill Gang, Bulger was convicted in 2013 of participating in 11 murders stretching from Massachusetts to Florida to Oklahoma.
New England organized crime figure James J. "Whitey" Bulger in 1984.
Bulger was serving a life sentence.
He was previously relocated from a Florida prison to a facility in Oklahoma. Though Bulger is known to have medical ailments, it's not clear why he was on the move, the Herald reported.
Bulger had spent 16 years as as one of the nation's most wanted fugitives before he was captured in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2011.
Bulger was arrested with his girlfriend, Catherine Greig. Greig, now 67, pleaded guilty in 2012 to identity fraud and harboring Bulger. She remains locked up at a federal women's prison in Minnesota.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/notorious-mob-boss-whitey-bulger-found-dead-prison-n926266
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