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  • 6 Movies and TV Shows Inspired by Gangster Whitey Bulger, From ‘The Departed’ to ‘The Blacklist’ (Photos)

    The Boston mob boss was found dead in prison at 89-years-old

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  • Whitey Bulger, Boston Mob Boss Who Inspired ‘The Departed’ and ‘Black Mass,’ Found Dead in Prison at 89

    Bulger was beaten to death by at least two inmates, Federal Bureau of Prison employees tell the New York Times

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    October 30, 2018 @ 10:16 AM
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  • Johnny Depp vs. Whitey Bulger: 11 ‘Black Mass’ Characters and Their Real-Life Counterparts (Photos)

    Meet the people behind the fact-based crime drama, as portrayed by Depp, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard

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    Johnny Depp vs. Whitey Bulger: 11 ‘Black Mass’ Characters and Their Real-Life Counterparts (Photos)
  • ‘Black Mass’ Reviews: Critic Says Johnny Depp Is ‘Broodingly Psychotic’ as Mobster Whitey Bulger, and 9 Other Takes

    The crime drama debuted at Venice Film Festival on Sept. 4 and will hit theaters Friday

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    September 15, 2015 @ 3:42 PM
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  • ‘Black Mass’ Venice Review: Johnny Depp Returns to Actual Acting in Gripping True-Crime Tale

    Depp’s turn as James “Whitey” Bulger anchors a film packed to the gills with star turns and real-life intrigue

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    September 4, 2015 @ 6:21 AM
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  • New ‘Black Mass’ Trailer Shows Johnny Depp’s Whitey Bulger Giving a Lesson on Morality (Video)

    The Warner Bros. gangster biopic debuts September 18

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  • Affleck and Damon Set to Re-Team for Whitey Bulger Biopic

    Damon tells GQ magazine that he’ll star as the notorious Boston gangster and that Affleck will direct

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    October 24, 2011 @ 12:33 PM
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    Project will center around a couple who unwittingly live next door to a murderer

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    September 20, 2011 @ 2:27 PM
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    The “Seinfeld” writer told TheWrap he was inspired by his own experience, unaware he was dog-walking in Santa Monica with the notorious mobster nearby

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  • Peter Facinelli Making ‘Whitey’ Bulger Movie

    The producer and “Twilight Saga” star closed a deal to finance the movie the day before the fugitive gangster was arrested after 16 years on the run

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    For the Boston mobster, who was arrested Wednesday in Santa Monica at the age of 81, the Hollywood connection was a strange one

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