Later Life
Victor Riesel retired from the Daily Mirror in 1963 but continued to publish his syndicated column. Three men who leased coin-operated pool tables to establishments in California sued Riesel for libel in 1965, alleging that his column on racketeering in the vending industry defamed them.
Riesel was elected a director of the Overseas Press Club in 1962, and the organization's president in 1966 (he served a single one-year term).
Riesel retired his column in 1990.
Riesel died of cardiac arrest at his apartment in Manhattan aged 81. His wife, son, and daughter survived him.
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