Whitey Bulger, Boston Mob Moss Who Inspired ‘The Departed’ and ‘Black Mass,’ Found Dead in Prison at 89
James “Whitey” Bulger, the notorious Boston gangster who was also the subject for Johnny Depp’s 2015 crime film “Black Mass,” was found dead in a West Virginia federal prison on Tuesday, according to a report from NBC News.
He was 89.NBC News, citing the Boston Herald, said that Bulger had just recently arrived at the high-security penitentiary.Bulger was the leader of the dangerous Boston-based Winter Hill Gang.
He was convicted in 2013 of participating in 11 murders that stretched from Massachusetts to Florida to Oklahoma.Bulger, who was serving a life sentence, was one of the nation’s most-wanted fugitives for 16 years before he was captured in Santa Monica, Calif.
in 2011.Along with Depp’s portrayal of Bulger in Scott Cooper’s “Black Mass,” the mob boss was the inspiration for Jack Nicholson’s character in Martin Scorsese’s 2007 best picture winner, “The Departed.”More to come…Read original story Whitey Bulger,
