That's fine & dandy. Your initial argument was that he was the undisputed #1 for longer than anyone. He wasn't. Seriously, the sole reason anyone thinks that guy was some type of end all be all final boss overlord was because of those moronic Bill roemer books, a guy that Accardo had a seriously, seriously shady butt buddy relationship with.
Also, he was not active for the 80s, nor for the majority of the 70s. The guy gave up his Elmwood Park street rackets to Cerone & retired in the mid-70s. By the mid 80s, he was a geriatric living full time in SoCal.
Where did I ever claim he was number one? The post is about the greatest Italian American gangster, not mafia boss.
He must have been active for the 70's if the burglars who broke into his house all ended up dead. A retired gangster wouldn't have that kind of pull. Why was he tried in the 1982 labor racketeering trial?
