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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Donald Killeen
September 14, 1923 South Boston, Massachusetts-May 13, 1972 Framingham,
Massachusetts was an Irish-American mob boss who controlled criminal
activity, primarily bookmaking in South Boston, Massachusetts, during
the 1960s and 1970s. He owned and managed a bar called 'The Transit
Cafe' on West Broadway in the Boston Navy Yard located in the
Charlestown, Massachusetts] neighbourhood. The 'Transit Cafe' would
later be taken over by James J. Bulger and managed by Winter Hill Gang
mob associate Kevin Weeks. Donald was the eldest of four brothers
including Kenneth, Edward and George. His two brothers Edward and George
followed Donald into a life of organized crime. His last name is derived
from Killen, County Tyrone in Ireland. His brother George was the first
brother to be murdered, George was found shot to death in the North End,
Boston neighbourhood in 1950.