- The "CHICKEN MAN", PHILLIP TESTA is one of the most iconic mobsters of the 20th century. As a member of Cosa Nostra from the age of 27, TESTA has been part of pop culture due in part to his sensational murder by a nail bomb in 1981 after becoming BOSS of The Philadelphia Mafia Family following the unsanctioned murder of Angelo Bruno. From a penned song by pop icon BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN to being portrayed in Mafia related films, the name TESTA will always be a piece of history