Vic underworld man The Texan Longley dies

Billy "The Texan" Longley, who survived the Painters and Dockers wars, has died in Melbourne. Source: AAP

ONE of the Melbourne underworld's great survivors, former Painters and Dockers union hardman Billy "The Texan" Longley, has died.

Longley, who was convicted of ordering a rival's murder during the Painters and Dockers wars in the 1970s, died in Melbourne on Friday aged 88, multiple media outlets report.

He survived the Painters and Dockers underworld while many he came into contact with didn't.

"I never thought I'd see 80, for various reasons," Longley said in 2005.

Longley gained the nickname "The Texan" because he wore a Stetson hat and carried a Colt .45.

He served 13 years in Pentridge prison after he was found guilty of organising the murder of union rival Pat Shannon.

Longley was linked to more than a dozen others, in which he denied involvement.

The murders took place in the early 1970s when open warfare was waged on Melbourne's docks as factions fought for control of the union and the rorts it allegedly presided over.

In a book released in 2005 Longley told of a lifelong tendency to get into a stoush.

He put his survival down to "sheer good luck".

"Maybe it's because I was a depression child - you learn to be quick on your feet in the depression," Longley said.

"I've got a few regrets .... but it's been a great life."

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