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Gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger found dead in prison

October 30, 2018 4:12 pm

Infamous Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger has been found dead in a US federal prison in West Virginia.

The 89-year-old was discovered unresponsive in his cell at the maximum security facility shortly after being transferred there from a Florida jail.

US media report the former mob boss was killed on Tuesday morning at the penitentiary.

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The life of Bulger, who was convicted in 2013 of 11 murders, inspired several films.

He was captured in California in 2011 after a 16-year manhunt.