Later Years
In the 1970s Dalitz filed a massive defamation suit against Penthouse magazine over an article written by Lowell Bergman about Rancho La Costa, a resort funded by the Teamsters.
Dalitz was an associate of Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, and contributed tens of thousands of dollars to his campaigns.
The last casino that Dalitz owned was the Sundance Hotel Casino, later renamed the Fitzgerald which currently belongs to Don Barden.
Dalitz built the Las Vegas Country Club, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, and many other important Las Vegas institutions. He was a frequent donor to the Las Vegas Public Library system along with other community organizations in Las Vegas.
He counted among his frequent visitors in his later years such well known personalities as Barbara Walters, Harry Reid, Suzanne Somers, Wayne Newton, Buddy Hackett, and Frank Sinatra. Dalitz was proud of helping performers like Sinatra get their first big breaks in show business.
In 1982, Dalitz received the "Torch of Liberty" award from the Anti-Defamation League.
Dalitz continued to be active in the Las Vegas community, but — except for trips to visit friends in the Las Vegas area or occasional trips in his Rolls Royce to Mt Charleston — he stayed in his Regency Towers penthouse apartment. When he died in 1989 many organizations received substantial donations he left in his will.
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