James McLean
Male, Deceased Person
1929 – 1965
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Who was James McLean?
James Robert "Buddy" McLean was an Irish-American mobster and the original boss of the Somerville, Massachusetts-based "Winter Hill Gang" during the 1960s. McLean was well known throughout the Greater Boston area as a tough street fighter. He accumulated injuries including several scars on his neck and face as well as a damaged left eye. A friend of Buddy once said, "He looks like a choir boy, but fights like the devil".
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- Born
- 1929
Somerville - Ethnicity
- Irish American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Boston
- Died
- Oct 31, 1965
Boston
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on July 23, 2013
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