Whitey Bulger dies: The notorious Boston mob boss and FBI informant inspired characters on two Showtime series

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James “Whitey” Bulger, who was found dead today at age 89 in a West Virginia federal prison, inspired a number of TV and movie characters. On Showtime, Bulger was the inspiration for James Woods’ Sully Sullivan on Ray Donovan and for the brothers on the 2006-08 Showtime series Brotherhood. NBC’s The Blacklist and TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles also had characters inspired by Bulger.