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    'Whitey' Bulger, notorious Boston mobster-turned-fugitive, dies at 89

    by Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times Oct 30, 2018 6 minutes

    James J. "Whitey" Bulger Jr., a Boston mobster who topped the FBI's most-wanted list and was found quietly living as a fugitive in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2011, has been found dead in prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was 89.

    Bulger and his longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig lived under assumed names for nearly 16 years in a two-bedroom apartment near Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade. They were known as Charlie and Carol Gasko, and their acquaintances thought they were retirees from Chicago.

    In fact, Bulger had been the subject of a global manhunt since fleeing Boston in 1995 after he was tipped off to his federal indictment by a former FBI agent. Bulger claimed after his capture that federal authorities had secretly granted him immunity from prosecution for all crimes past and present. His argument was thrown out of court in 2013 and a Boston jury found Bulger guilty of 11 murders and numerous counts

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