Spensieri returned to his law practice after leaving the legislature but sought permission to resign from the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1989, after losing count of two million dollars' worth of unclaimed moneys. Spensieri cited a
manic-depressive bipolar illness as his defense before convocation, and was granted leave to resign for his own well-being. After this, he wrote a number of letters to Toronto newspapers describing prominent Italian-Canadian figures in the Liberal Party as cultural misfits. In 1998, he wrote that "voters of Italian heritage ... have erred too often and too long by electing mostly Liberals". In 1999, the
socially conservative Family Coalition Party announced that Spensieri would be its candidate in
York Centre for the
1999 provincial election. Due to persistent cardiovascular health concerns, however, he was unable to participate. Spensieri retired from public life and promoted activities and fundraising in the areas of mental health and bipolar disorders. Spensieri died on May 6, 2013. He was 64. ==References==