Eddie Richardson: key obituary facts
Is Eddie Richardson dead? Yes. Eddie Richardson died on August 14, 2026, at age 90.
Cause of death: Eddie Richardson's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Eddie Richardson known for?
Eddie Richardson was an English gangster.
More about Eddie Richardson
Years active: 1950s–1960s.
Eddie Richardson, an English gangster associated with the Richardson Gang, died on August 14, 2026, aged 90.
Active in the 1950s and 1960s, he was linked to a South London crime group that became known as the “Torture Gang” and gained notoriety during a bitter turf war with the Kray twins in the mid-to-late 1960s. The gang’s reputation for extreme violence made it one of the most feared criminal outfits in London at the time.