Mob assassin 'Iceman' dies, aged 70

Richard Kuklinski, a notorious Mafia hitman known as “the Iceman” who claimed to have killed more than 100 people and was the subject of several books and two cable television documentaries, has died.

He died on Sunday aged 70 at St Francis Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey, said Corrections spokeswoman Deirdre Fedkenheuer.