{"id":276736,"date":"2021-06-17T01:52:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T22:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/whitey-bulgers-brother-speaks-out-in-new-documentary\/"},"modified":"2021-06-17T01:52:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T22:52:40","slug":"whitey-bulgers-brother-speaks-out-in-new-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whitey-bulgers-brother-speaks-out-in-new-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Whitey Bulger’s brother speaks out in new documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Whitey Bulger’s brother speaks out in new documentary<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Boston gangster James \u201cWhitey\u201d Bulger\u2019s murderous life of crime is only half of the saga chronicled in \u201cMy Name Is Bulger,\u201d premiering Thursday (June 17) on discovery+.<\/p>\n

The other half of Brendan J. Byrne\u2019s documentary turns the spotlight on Whitey\u2019s younger brother, William \u201cBilly\u201d Bulger, 87, a lifelong Massachusetts politician and hometown hero whose civic achievements \u2014 and, later, his role as president of the University of Massachusetts \u2014 were eclipsed and finally derailed by his infamous brother. \u201cThere\u2019s a false narrative about my family,\u201d says William\u2019s son, James. \u201cWe cannot win\u2026I think it\u2019s time to knock it down \u2014 at least to throw a punch back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 90-minute documentary does its best to counter-punch Whitey\u2019s life of crime by delving into William\u2019s life. Byrne interweaves interviews with William, his wife Mary and several of their nine children with old home movies<\/a> and family photos to track William\u2019s rise from South Boston to the heights of state politics (he was president of the Massachusetts State Senate from 1978-96).<\/p>\n

Yet the specter of Whitey is always at the periphery as he floats in and out of his brother\u2019s life, playing the loving uncle on his rare visits (there are photos of him with his nephews and nieces) while leading a life that no one in the family seemed to know about. \u201cHe was one more uncle who came through the door,\u201d says William\u2019s son, Dan. \u201cHe had big muscles and yelled a lot.\u201d One of Whitey\u2019s sisters sums him up thusly: \u201cHe was always gone. No one knew what-the-heck he was doing\u2026he was always a worry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whitey, it turned out, was terrorizing his South Boston stomping grounds, trafficking in drugs, extortion and murder (he was later convicted of 11 killings) but, according to family members, was \u201ccareful not to embarrass\u201d William. \u201cHe was proud of his brother,\u201d says Whitey\u2019s former henchman, Kevin Weeks, adding that Whitey only killed someone as a last resort. \u201cViolence was his last option,\u201d he says. \u201cThere was no changing his mind once he decided to kill someone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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William Bulger is interviewed extensively about his brother Whitey in \u201cMy Name Is Bulger.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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\u201cMy Name Is Bulger\u201d draws a strict line of demarcation: William knew nothing about Whitey\u2019s life outside of the extended Bulger family as he rose steadily in the political world after winning his first race in 1960, when he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and, as his power grew, rubbed shoulders with everyone, including governors Michael Dukakis and William Weld. They\u2019re both interviewed here and both sing William\u2019s praises, and as the documentary progresses, it\u2019s easy to see why. He fought hard for his constituents, has a great sense of humor and is a devoted family man to his wife, children and 33 grandchildren. <\/p>\n

Contrast that with Whitey, who made national headlines in 1995 when he went on lam with longtime companion Catherine Greig and wasn\u2019t caught until 16 years later \u2014 hiding in plain sight in Santa Monica, Calif. with $882,000 in cash stuffed into the walls of his apartment. He was tried and convicted of murder, extortion and racketeering and, in 2018, was killed in prison at the age of 89.<\/p>\n

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James \u201cWhitey\u201d Bulger after he was arrested in Santa Monica, Calif. in 2011.<\/figcaption>
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Greig, who spent eight years in prison, is interviewed for the documentary and offers often-teary insight into Whitey\u2019s private life (\u201che was a very kind, giving person\u201d) for those who are the least-bit interested in how a convicted killer stopped to help fix a flat tire on a Volkswagen or was nice to the maintenance staff in his apartment building. That kind of thing.<\/p>\n

William was app<\/a>ointed president of the University of Massachusetts in 1985 and was forced out eight years later by then-Gov. Mitt Romney after admitting to a Congressional committee, in part, that that he had spoken to Whitey in 1995 and had failed to alert the authorities. (He was granted immunity from being prosecuted for obstruction of justice.)<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Name Is Bulger\u201d offers an even-handed account of the Brothers Bulger, covering all their personal and professional bases and giving the family a chance to remove part of the stain from the Bulger name.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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