Whitey Bulger: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill, The Underboss: The Rise and Fall of a Mafia Family (1989); Howie Carr, The Brothers Bulger: How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century (2006); Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill, Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil’s Deal (2012); Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill, Whitey: The Life of America’s Most Notorious Mob Boss (2013); Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy, Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice (2013).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: NPR - Whitey Bulger Bio Profiles Boston's Most Notorious Gangster. | Oct 20, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 30, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC News - James 'Whitey' Bulger, notorious Boston gangster and FBI informant, found dead in prison. | Apr 24, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN US - Whitey Bulger Fast Facts. | Aug 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - James 'Whitey' Bulger: The gangster who terrorised Boston. | Mar 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger killed in prison. | Dec 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Independent - A mafia hitman, a mobster and a newly-released inmate: Who killed James Whitey Bulger? | Oct 28, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | May 06, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Mafia History - Whitey Bulger. | Mar 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - What?s the real story behind James ?Whitey? Bulger?s violent murder? | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Whitey Bulger: The Capture of a Legend - Timeline. | Dec 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Whitey Bulger Bio Profiles Boston's Most Notorious Gangster. | Aug 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMovie - Biography of James ?Whitey? Bulger. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Link added. | May 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Mob Museum - Whitney Bulger. | Aug 25, 2022 | ||
| Noted that he was fatally attacked by other inmates. | Oct 31, 2018 | ||
| He died on October 30, 2018. | Oct 30, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 20, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Whitey Bulger: The Capture of a Legend. | Dec 10, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alcatraz History - Biography of James Bulger. | Dec 10, 2015 | ||
| Noted the release of Black Mass (2015). | Sep 29, 2015 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Apr 06, 2015 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 06, 2015 | ||
| Noted the release of the documentary Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger (2014). | Aug 15, 2014 | ||
| Added his sentence of two consecutive life terms plus five years. | Nov 18, 2013 | ||
| In August 2013 he was found guilty on 31 criminal counts. | Aug 12, 2013 | ||
| Noted that Catherine Greig was sentenced in 2012. | Jun 12, 2012 | ||
| New article added. | Aug 03, 2011 |
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