Francis T. "Mickey" Featherstone (born c. 1949) is a former Irish American mobster

Irish Mob

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 and member of the Westies, an organized crime

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 syndicate from Hell's Kitchen

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, Manhattan

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 in New York City

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, led by Jimmy Coonan. Featherstone committed several mob killings before he was convicted in 1986 of a murder he had not committed. Facing a quarter of a century in jail, he became an informant and brought down Coonan's gang.
Featherstone was born on West 43rd St., one of nine children.