Death of Willie Obront (Montreal) confirmed

Death of Willie Obront (Montreal) confirmed #976190 07/31/19 10:27 PM 07/31/19 10:27 PM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,651 A antimafia OP Underboss
antimafia OP A Underboss Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,651	Obront actually died in 2017, but reporter Tu Thanh Ha and the newspaper for which he writes -- the Globe and Mail -- were able to confirm the death. Link: Web Archive link Last edited by antimafia; 07/31/19 10:39 PM. Reason: Fixed link.

Re: Death of Willie Obront (Montreal) confirmed [Re: antimafia] #976191 07/31/19 10:38 PM 07/31/19 10:38 PM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,651 A antimafia OP Underboss
antimafia OP A Underboss Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,651	Go to the Maclean's Archive link below to see a short item about Obront, as well as a photo, in the February 23, 1976 issue of Maclean's (upper left corner). Maclean's Archive link

Re: Death of Willie Obront (Montreal) confirmed [Re: antimafia] #976201 08/01/19 06:12 AM 08/01/19 06:12 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,194 C Ciment
Ciment C Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,194	I haven't heard about this guy in decades. I thought he had passed away years ago.