locker room. Kiam became the center of the controversy when he came to the defense of the players' actions. The episode helped inspire the 2013 ESPN documentary, Let Them Wear Towels. In his later career, Kiam's business interests moved on from the Patriots, which he sold in 1992 to St. Louis businessman James Orthwein, and Remington, which he sold 50% of to Isaac Perlmutter that same year. Kiam is also well known for "Lady Remington" jewelry, a direct sales jewelry company specializing in in-home parties. Later, it was renamed Lia Sophia, after his granddaughters, Lia and Sophia. The company was at one point the largest direct selling jewelry in the world and was listed among the top 20 largest direct sales companies by the Direct Selling Association. The direct sales division of the company was closed down in December 2014, when its 25,000 sales advisors in the United States and Canada were laid off. Personal life and death In 1956, Kiam married Ellen Lipscher, former wife of film producer Richard E. Lyons. He resided in Stamford, Connecticut at the time of his death. He was 74 and had been suffering from a heart condition. He was survived by his wife, Ellen, and three children, Lisa Lyons Durkin, Victor "Tory" Kiam III, and Robin Kiam Aviv (married to Jonathan E. Aviv), and seven grandchildren, Jenny, Alexander, Sophia, Lia, Caleigh, Nikki, and Blake. Upon Kiam's death The Times quoted one of his closest business associates in later years, Jonathon Lyons, as saying that he was "a truly remarkable entrepreneur of the old kind – the kind they simply don't make any more". Bibliography Kiam wrote the following books about business and entrepreneurship: Going for It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur Keep going for it!: living the life of an entrepreneur Live to Win: Achieving Success in Life and Business References External links 1988 Remington Razor Commercial (with Victor Kiam) 1926 births 2001 deaths American chief executives of manufacturing companies United States Navy personnel of World War II Businesspeople from New Orleans Harvard Business School alumni New England Patriots executives New England Patriots owners Phillips Academy alumni University of Paris alumni Yale University alumni 20th-century American businesspeople