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string(156) "Grave of Mark Sandman. Mark Sandman was born on September 24, 1952 and died in Giardini del Principe, Palestrina, Italy due to Heart attack on July 3, 1999."
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string(174) "Grave of Bunk Johnson. Bunk Johnson was born on December 27, 1885 and died in 638 Franklin Street, New Iberia, Louisiana due to Lingering effects of a stroke on July 7, 1949."
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Robert “Bobby” McGonagle was a Boston fireman and member of the Mullen crime family in South Boston. McGonagle’s family were heavily connected to Boston’s underworld primarily involved in burglary, auto theft, and armed robbery. His brothers, Donald and Paul, who were twins, were killed by Whitey Bulgar during a war between their Mullen gang and Whitey Bulger’s Killeen gang. One was killed in 1969, the other in 1974. Bobby McGonagle himself was also wounded in a gang battle in 1974. To make it even more confusing, Bobby married Catherine Greig who later went underground for 16 years as Whitey Bulger's girlfriend.
Fun Fact:
Mullen gang leader and Bobby’s brother was married to Margaret Greig. Her identical twin sister, Catherine Greig was married to Bobby. The Greig sisters had a younger brother David Grieg. Paul McGonagle was murdered by Whitey Bulger who had also killed their brother Donald McGonagle a couple years earlier. Catherine later divorced Bobby before taking up with Winter Hill Gang leader Whitey Bulger. David Grieg allegedly committed suicide (even though the gun was found far away from the body) in Cape Cod a couple of years later.
Trust me – it’s way more complex than this.
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
New Calvary Cemetery
800 Harvard Street
Mattapan, Massachusetts, 02125
USA
North America
Map:
Cemetery map of New Calvary Cemetery in Mattapan, Massachusetts.
Grave Location:
Section 8, Grave 1396
Grave Location Description
As you enter off of Harvard Street, drive straight on Apostle Avenue and past the office on your right as the road begins to curve to the right. Park at the intersection of Apostle Avenue and Ascension Avenue. The McGonagle family monument is 20 feet from the corner of Section 8/8A, under a tree.
The confusion occurs when you look at the cemetery map Section 8 is bisected by Apostle Avenue. Bobby is buried in the short Section 8 on the left when you drive in from the entrance.
Grave Location GPS
42.27949404, -71.10102638
Photos:
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Vincent Flemmi
popular name: Vincent Flemmi
date_of_death: October 16, 1979
age: 44
cause_of_death: Drug overdose - heroin
claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims
best_know_for: There's only one Boston mob hitman and psychopath more vicious that Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi (long time associate of Whitey Bulger) and that was his brother Vincent "Jimmy the Bear" Flemmi. Suspected or convicted of dozens of murders throughout the greater Boston area, Vincent, along with mob associates Joe "The Animal" Barboza and Johnny “The Butcher” Martorano (whom has over 50 confirmed kills under his belt), was a free-lance hitman, bank robber and muscle for the Winter Hill Gang and the Patriarca crime family. He was also a long-time rat and informant for the FBI and helped pin the murder of Edward "Teddy" Deegan on four rival members of the Patriarca family when, in fact, it was Barboza and Flemmi who murdered Deegan. Shortly after the murder of Deegan he told another associate, "all I want to do now is kill people ... it's better than hitting (robbing) banks." In 1975, while serving an 8-to-18-year sentence for assault with intent to commit murder, Flemmi received one of the state's first weekend furloughs from prison. Vincent had immediately fled, and was not apprehended until three years later in Maryland, Maine. A year later Vincent died of a drug overdose in his prison cell.
Henry Bedard, Jr.
popular name: Henry Bedard, Jr.
date_of_death: December 16, 1974
age: 15
cause_of_death: Homicide - blunt force trauma
claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims
best_know_for: Henry was a young teenager who was found in the woods overlooking his hometown of Swampscott, Massachusetts. He was beaten to death with a baseball bat and his murder has gone unsolved for over 40 years.
Al Brady
popular name: Al Brady
date_of_death: October 12, 1937
age: 26
cause_of_death: Gunshot wounds
claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims
best_know_for: Al Brady was an American gangster and leader of the notorious Brady Gang during the 1930s, a period marked by widespread criminal activity amidst the Great Depression. Born in 1910 in Indiana, Brady became involved in crime at a young age, initially engaging in petty theft before escalating to armed robbery and murder. Along with his associates, the Brady Gang committed a series of violent crimes, including bank robberies and killings across the Midwest and Northeast. Their crime spree eventually brought them to Maine, where they hoped to stock up on weapons undetected. However, their presence attracted the attention of the FBI, leading to a fatal confrontation. On October 12, 1937, in Bangor, Maine, Brady and two of his gang members were ambushed by federal agents during an attempted gun purchase. In a dramatic shootout witnessed by dozens of onlookers, Brady was shot and killed.
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