James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was one of Boston's most notorious and brutal gangsters before going on the run in 1994.
He was captured in 2011 in Santa Monica, California, and convicted two years later of 11 murders and other crimes.
The following are seven facts about Bulger, who was found dead in a federal prison in West Virginia today:
Boston boy Bulger born in 1929
Bulger was born on 3 September 1929, and grew up in South Boston.
He was called "Whitey" because of his light blond hair but was said to detest the nickname and preferred being called Jimmy.
As a teenager he joined a gang known as The Shamrocks, compiled an arrest record for assault and armed robbery and ended up in a juvenile reformatory.
FBI's Most Wanted
After Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces in Pakistan in 2011, Bulger succeeded him as the Number One wanted fugitive on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list.
Miss Iceland leads to arrest
The 1974 Miss Iceland was responsible for Bulger's capture.
Anna Bjornsdottir, who had acted in US television shows and commercials under the name Anna Bjorn, had lived near Bulger and girlfriend Catherine Greig in Santa Monica, California.
While she was visiting Iceland, she saw a news report about the authorities' hunt for Bulger. She recognised him as the quiet retiree she knew from Santa Monica and called the FBI, which arrested him in June 2011. Ms Bjornsdottir later claimed a $2m reward.
Homeless man provides ID
One of the many aliases Bulger used while on the run was that of James Lawlor, a man who Bulger found living on the street in the Los Angeles area.
The two men resembled each other so much that Bulger could use Lawlor's driver's license and other identity papers. In return, he paid Lawlor's rent, according to the Boston Globe.
Convicted of 11 murders
In his 2013 trial, Bulger was convicted of 11 murders, including the strangulation of a woman. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on a charge that he strangled a second woman.
A witness said Bulger insisted that the women's teeth be pulled to obscure their identity.
The Silver Screen
Johnny Depp portrayed Bulger in the 2015 movie "Black Mass," but the mobster's lawyer said Bulger had no interest in seeing it and he refused to meet or correspond with Depp while the actor was preparing for the role.
Frank Costello, the character played by Jack Nicholson in the 2006 Academy Award-winning movie "The Departed," was based loosely on Bulger.
'Escape From Alcatraz'
Bulger was imprisoned from 1956 to 1965 for bank robbery and spent part of that time imprisoned at the notorious Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay.
When police raided his Santa Monica apartment, they found several fiction and non-fiction books about criminals, including "Escape From Alcatraz."
