nick marangello was phils official underboss when he became boss in 1973. i think he was still phils underboss after galante dies. people say nick was broken down but i dont think that happens till he gets indicted with the other guys from the donnie brasco thing. massino testified he became the offical underboss in 1984. i wanna say nick was probaly to old and was asked to stepped down. rusty gets out in 1984 and thats when massino becomes underboss. makes sense.