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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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Donnie McGonagle was a member of the South Boston McGonagle Family, but not a member of the Mullen Gang run by his twin brother Paulie McGonagle. He had the misfortune of looking so much like his brother when Winter Hill member Whitey Bulger killed Donnie in broad daylight in front of Paulie's house. Years later Bulger also killed Paulie as he consolidated his power and took over the gangs that ran South Boston.
Fun Fact
The story goes that James “Whitey” Bulger pulled up to Donnie in traffic and called out Paulie’s name and then shot Donnie in a case of mistaken identity. What actually happened is that Whitey Bulger walked up to Donnie and put a bullet between his eyes at point bland range in front of Paulie’s house. According to mobster Kevin Weeks, “Just as he pulled the trigger, Jimmy realized it wasn’t Paulie. It was Donald, the most likable of the McGonagle brothers, the only one who wasn’t involved in anything. Jimmy drove straight to Billy O’Sullivan’s house on Savin Hill Avenue and told Billy O, who was at the stove cooking, ‘I shot the wrong one. I shot Donald.’ Billy looked up from the stove and said, ‘Don’t worry about it. He wasn’t healthy anyway. He smoked. He would have gotten lung cancer. How do you want your pork chops?'”
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
New Calvary Cemetery
800 Harvard Street
Mattapan, Massachusetts, 02124
USA
North America
Map:
Cemetery map of New Calvary Cemetery in Mattapan, Massachusetts.
Grave Location:
Section 17, Grave 1540
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. Continue to the metal sign post on the right that reads “Sec 8/Sec 17” and park. Walk back 7 rows to the “Finn” family monument and walk 7 graves into Section 17 and you will find the final resting place of Donald McGonagle.
Grave Location GPS
42.28052302, -71.10101564
Photos:
Read More About Donald McGonagle:
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Winter Hill's Bobby Martini reminisces about growing up in the Winter Hill neighborhood of the past
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Boston Mob Tours - North End
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Joseph Lonardo
popular name: Joseph Lonardo
date_of_death: October 13, 1927
age: 42
cause_of_death: Gunshot wounds from a mob hit
claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims
best_know_for: "Big Joe" Lonardo (also known as "The Corn Sugar Baron") was the first ever crime boss of the Cleveland crime family. He and his brother John were murder by his own Underboss Salvatore "Black Sam" Todaro.
Frank Lonardo
popular name: Frank Lonardo
date_of_death: October 19, 1929
age: 42
cause_of_death: Gunshot wounds from a mob hit
claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims
best_know_for: One of four brothers that made up the Lonardo crime family, Frank was gunned down during a card game in the back of a downtown Cleveland barbershop years after the murder of his brothers Big Joe and John Lonardo. While the crime was never solved, it was generally understood that his murder was part of a plot to eliminate all the Lonardo brothers connected with the bootlegging racket and that Frank Alessi was involved in the planning of the execution.
John Lonardo
popular name: John Lonardo
date_of_death: October 13, 1927
age: 29
cause_of_death: Gunshot wounds from a mob hit
claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims
best_know_for: Part of the Lonardo crime family, John was gunned down with his brother "Big Joe" Lonardo (who at the time was the first ever crime boss of the Cleveland crime family).
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