Obituary
James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, Former Boston Mob Boss, Dies at 89
- He was captured in 2011 after evading police for 16 years
- Ran a racketeering, drug-dealing operation for 30 years
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James “Whitey” Bulger, the Boston mob boss who corrupted FBI agents, tortured and murdered his associates and spent 16 years on the run, was killed in a federal prison while serving a double life sentence. He was 89.
Bulger was killed after arriving Monday at the U.S. Penitentiary, Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, according to people familiar with the probe of his death. “The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia and the FBI will be conducting an investigation into the death of James Bulger. No other information will be released at this time,” Stacy Bishop, a spokesman for U.S. Attorney William J. Powell, said in an emailed statement.