James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

In this courtroom sketch, prosecutor Fred Wyshak, standing, speaks during closing arguments in the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger, right, at U.S. District Court, in Boston on Aug. 5, 2013. A federal prosecutor summed up the government’s case by calling Bulger “one of the most vicious, violent and calculating criminals ever to walk the streets of Boston,” and urged the jury to convict him of charges that include 19 killings committed during the 1970s and ‘80s. (Jane Flavell Collins / Associated Press)

June 12, 2012 12:40 PM PT

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 in 2011, has been found dead in prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was 89.

A courtroom sketch depicts James “Whitey” Bulger, center, during a pretrial conference June 3 before U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in Boston. Bulger is flanked by his attorneys Henry Brennan, left, and J.W. Carney Jr. (Jane Flavell Collins / Associated Press)

Assistant U.S. Atty. Robert Dougdale talks to reporters outside the Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles, where reputed Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger was brought before a judge Thursday. Bulger, one of the FBI‘s 10 most wanted fugitives, was taken into custody Wednesday in Santa Monica. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Law enforcement officials enter the Princess Eugenia Apartments in Santa Monica, where mob boss Whitey Bulger lived (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

The mailbox for Apartment 303, where James “Whitey” Bulger and his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig, lived under the names of Charles and Carol Gasko. (Gabriel Bouys / AFP/Getty Images)

FBI agents investigate the mailbox area of the apartment building in Santa Monica where legendary Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger was arrested Wednesday night. The arrest ended a worldwide pursuit that began when Bulger fled Boston in 1994. The reflections of people standing outside appear on the window at right.
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FBI agents on Thursday carry evidence from the apartment building in Santa Monica where legendary Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger was arrested Wednesday night.
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A bag of evidence, held by and FBI agent, contains boxes of ammunition found at the Santa Monica apartment of James “Whitey” Bulger. Police seized about $800,000 in cash and a “fairly big arsenal” of weapons.
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Bob Bernard photographs Bulger’s apartment, where the FBI reportedly found several guns and a stash of cash. A Boston native, Bernard was shocked to find out he was living just a block away from the notorious crime boss.
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FBI officials Steven Martinez, center, and Douglas Price, left, join LAPD Deputy Chief David Doan at a news conference Thursday to announce Bulger’s arrest.
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FBI investigators in the garage of the apartment building where fugitive James ‘Whitey’ Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Elizabeth Greig, were arrested.
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The lobby of the apartment building in Santa Monica.
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Catherine Elizabeth Greig and James “Whitey” Bulger are shown in an image from an FBI video that asked for the public’s assistance in capturing the pair.
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FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers appears at a news conference next to a poster featuring fugitive James “Whitey” Bulger at the FBI field office in Boston on June 20, 2011. The fugitive was captured Wednesday by FBI agents in Santa Monica.
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