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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 26 Nov 2014

    Former gangland enforcer "Mad" Frankie Fraser has died in hospital, aged 90http://bbc.in/1pnZX0S 

    10:03 AM - 26 Nov 2014
    • 287 Retweets
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    • Jeff O'Meara Bashir khan wazir Hoda - Richard Wise Ross MacLean Pip #FBPE Kate Rusk Matty Godfrey Matt Smith
    60 replies 287 retweets 109 likes
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      2. Jenny Eclair‏Verified account @jennyeclair 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking terrifying bloke used to see him on the number 12 bus - all the old boys tipping their hats at him - yuk

        3 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      3. Janey Godley‏Verified account @JaneyGodley 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @jennyeclair

        @jennyeclair @BBCBreaking met him Atlantic Bar 2001 "am mad Frankie Fraser" I replied "dont care if u r mad Frankie Howerd get off my seat"

        0 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
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      1. Hmmmm‏ @wickwar 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking No great loss.

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      2. Nick Barclay‏ @ActorMonkey 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Why is the death of a violent thug news?

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Jordan deasy‏ @JORDDEASY 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @ActorMonkey

        @ActorMonkey @BBCBreaking what a stupid question

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      4. Nick Barclay‏ @ActorMonkey 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @JORDDEASY

        @JORDDEASY @BBCBreaking Surely you meant, what a stupid "rhetorical" question.

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      1. k.‏ @OnlyTheeKayCee 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking please don't glorify mobsters or their behaviours. He's a criminal. This should not make national news.

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      1. punchy‏ @PunchyMick 26 Nov 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @DeclanBurke2 ah end if an era must of been d last of them left rip ya head case

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      1. dan‏ @Betseyglam 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @bbcbreaking I blame the parents why did they give him the name Mad how would he have turned out if they had called him Nice

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      1. Paul Huddleston‏ @ThePaulHudd 26 Nov 2014
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        @BBCBreaking He wuz a diamond geezer. Cold as ice and twice as 'ard. Nobody could wire a nipple-clamp to a car-battery like Frank. RIP, F.

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      2. John Blowick‏ @JohnBlowick 26 Nov 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @PunchyMick Good old Frankie ..wasn't all that bad Up there with Jack the Hat and the Kray boys..RIP.

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      2. John‏ @JStoo294 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Former gangland enforcer "Mad" Frankie Fraser has died in hospital, aged 90 http://bbc.in/1pnZX0S ” @G_MMAC Mescus' mate! 😂

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      2. Lord Cornelius‏ @LordCornelius 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Good riddance. Shame he didn't die 70 years ago.

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      1. Steve Kemp‏ @SteveKempOP 26 Nov 2014
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        Why is @BBCNews covering this as if this man were a hero? He seems to have been a murderous thug who deserved no affection @BBCBreaking

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      1. Rafiq S Shaheen‏ @LaughForge 26 Nov 2014
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        @BBCBreaking So...crime does pay then?

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