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Whitey Bulger's father, James Joseph Bulger Sr., hailed from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, with Irish parents. After settling in Everett, Massachusetts, he married Jane Veronica "Jean" McCarthy, [28] a first-generation Irish immigrant. [29] [30] [31] The eldest of six children, James Joseph Bulger Jr., was born on September 3, 1929. [23]
Bulger's older brother James "Whitey" Bulger Jr., was a convicted crime boss and multiple murderer [16] and the former boss of the Winter Hill Gang. Whitey was a fugitive from 1995 until his arrest in June 2011.
This was a frequent hangout of the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish-American crime family which was then headed by James J. "Whitey" Bulger. It was here that Weeks first met Bulger, as well as Bulger's Italian-American partner Stephen Flemmi. Beginning in 1978, Weeks began working for Bulger part-time as muscle and a personal driver.
(Reuters) -A man accused of acting as a lookout while two fellow inmates at a federal prison killed the notorious Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger in his cell in 2018 was released from custody ...
One of three inmates charged in connection with the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger has pleaded guilty to falsifying statements to federal agents.
Connolly admired his neighbor William "Billy" Bulger, six years his senior; he did not meet Billy's older brother, James "Whitey" Bulger, until he was eight years old. The nineteen-year-old Whitey, who was already notorious as the leader of the Mercer Street gang, bought the other neighborhood boys ice cream and convinced an awestruck Connolly ...
Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger begged to be in general population popped heart medication in the hours before he was killed inside Hazelton federal prison.
Mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger (right) and lieutenant Stephen Flemmi. During the 1970s, the gang's most prominent members were Howie Winter, John Martorano, James J. Bulger, Stephen Flemmi, Joseph McDonald and James Sims. The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.