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Gangland figure George Williams dies

MELBOURNE gangland figure George Williams has reportedly died in hospital after suffering a heart attack.

George Williams enters the Coroners Court. Photo: Ellen Smith
George Williams enters the Coroners Court. Photo: Ellen Smith

MELBOURNE gangland figure George Williams has reportedly died in hospital after suffering a heart attack.

George Williams was the father of Carl Williams, a key player in the city’s bloody underworld war before he was killed in jail in 2010.

The Herald Sun is reporting that George Williams had been on life support in hospital surrounded by family before he died, aged 69.

Carl Williams was a convicted murderer and drug trafficker who was immortalised in the television series Underbelly.

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