About Gerard O'Neill
Lived 1942 – 2019 (aged 76). Gerard O'Neill was an American journalist.
Gerard Michael O'Neill (September 1, 1942 – August 22, 2019) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and writer. A long time investigative reporter for The Boston Globe, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting three times.
Life and career Born in Boston, O'Neill graduated from Stoughton High School and Stonehill College; earning a degree in English at the latter institution in 1964. for a major investigation of corruption in Somerville, Massachusetts; an award he would receive two more times during his career. winner, and was made into a 2015 movie starring Johnny Depp as Bulger.
O'Neill died on August 22, 2019, from interstitial lung disease at his home in Needham, Massachusetts.
Works
Lehr, Dick; O'Neill, Gerard (2015). Black Mass: Der verhängnisvolle Pakt zwischen dem FBI und Whitey Bulger, einem der gefährlichsten Gangster der US-Geschichte (German Edition)
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Who was Gerard O'Neill?
American journalist, newspaper editor, and writer
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Gerard O'Neill was born on 1 September 1942 in Boston.
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Gerard O'Neill died on 22 August 2019 in Boston.
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Gerard O'Neill was a journalist.
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Gerard O'Neill was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Gerard O'Neill. https://biography.guide/gerard-o-neill/
MLA: "Gerard O'Neill." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/gerard-o-neill/.
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