‘Whitey’ Bulger, notorious Boston mobster-turned-fugitive captured in Santa Monica, is dead at 89

James J. “Whitey” Bulger Jr., the ruthless Boston mobster who topped the FBI’s most-wanted list and was found quietly living as a fugitive near the ocean in Santa Monica in 2011, has died in prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was 89.

Bulger was found unresponsive early Tuesday…