article_snippet.sent: The Federal Bureau of Prison's website reported that Ouimette, who had lived in Fall River, Massachusetts, died Sunday.
article_snippet.sent: Ouimette, suspected of having a role in up to eight murders, 'ran' the federal prison in North Carolina in the 1970s and even had booze, drugs and lobster dinner smuggled in on a weekly basis, according to a Rhode Island State Police report.
article_snippet.sent: His nephew, Kevin Ouimette Lynch, tells the Providence Journal that His uncle was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and died in His sleep at a prison in Butner, North Carolina.
article_snippet.sent: Gerard T. 'The Frenchman' Ouimette passed away in this medium security facility after being diagnosed with lung cancer .
article_snippet.sent: In 1996, Gerard T. 'The Frenchman' Ouimette was convicted of extortion and became the first criminal in New England sentenced to life in prison under the federal 'three strikes
article_snippet.sent: the Providence Journalreports that Gerard T. 'The Frenchman' Ouimette spent a total of 46 years behind bars.
article_snippet.sent: Ouimette, then 55, is seen here being escorted out of Federal Court in Providence, Rhode Island, after being sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1996 .
article_snippet.sent: Besides booze, Ouimette even once had Ouimette son, then only five-years-old, smuggled into the prison for a sleepover, the Journal reported.
article_snippet.sent: Ouimette's body will be sent back to Rhode Island where Ouimette will be buried.
highlights_snippet.sent: Even behind bars, police say Ouimette kept Ouimette influence - accepting a weekly delivery of as much as $600 worth of booze and food to Ouimette cell .