The widow of one of James "Whitey" Bulger's victims says she'd like to celebrate the crime boss' death with champagne.
Patricia Donahue tells WBZ-TV she and her family are "very happy that the man is not here any longer" and they don't ever have to hear his name again.
Michael Donahue was killed in 1982 when he offered a ride home to a man allegedly targeted for death by Bulger because he was talking to the FBI.
Officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons say Bulger was found dead in his Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, prison cell Tuesday morning. He was 89. He had been serving two consecutive life sentences after his 2013 conviction of participating in 11 murders.
Authorities did not immediately release a cause of death. The FBI said they are investigating.
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