Facts: - death place: belfast , northern ireland - other names: billy moore - known for: member of the shankill butchers gang - caption: william moore - death cause: heart attack - death date: 17 may 2009 -lrb- aged 60 -rrb- - birth date: 1949 - name: william moore - nationality: british - image: william moore.jpg - birth place: belfast , northern ireland - religion: protestant - occupation: meat packer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william moore -lrb- loyalist -rrb- .
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william moore , often known as billy moore -lrb- 1949 17 may 2009 -rrb- , was an ulster loyalist from belfast , northern ireland .he was a member of the shankill butchers , an ulster volunteer force -lrb- uvf -rrb- gang .it was moore who provided the black taxi and butcher knives which the gang used to carry out its killings .following ringleader lenny murphy 's arrest , moore took over as the '' de facto '' leader of the gang and the killings continued .