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NEWS ABOUT: Leona Helmsley

Leona Helmsley stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - New York lawmakers are considering a “Madoff” bill that would force convicts with deep pockets to pay the costs of their own imprisonment, Reuters reports. “Far too often, taxpayers are stuck with the bill for criminals who have extensive personal wealth waiting for them,” one assemblyman said... More »

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prison • Martha Stewart • jail • Leona Helmsley • New York state • Bernard Madoff

(Newser) - The asking price for the late real estate magnate-cum-jailbird Leona Helmsley’s Connecticut mansion has been slashed by $50 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. The 40-acre Greenwich property is now offered for $75 million, down from $125 million. Insiders think it could be the largest cut ever for a... More »

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New York City • Greenwich • Connecticut • Leona Helmsley • price cut • real estate values • developer

Helmsley Cash Doesn't Have
to Go to Dogs

Judge nixes late
Queen of Mean's
mission statement

Feb 26, 09 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Leona Helmsley's fortune won't be going exclusively to canine charities after all, the New York Times reports. A judge decided yesterday that the famously prickly late hotelier's instruction in her will that all of her $8 billion go toward helping dogs was not binding, clearing the way for the trustees... More »

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will • charity • Humane Society • Leona Helmsley • dog • charitable trust

Opinion

It's Our Tax Money Going to Helmsley's Dogs

Charitable donation laws subsidize the whims of the rich

Jul 9, 08 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leona Helmsley’s latest post-mortem shocker—the revelation that she earmarked $8 billion of her charitable bequest for dog welfare—is a perfect illustration of the insanity of our charity laws, writes Ray Madoff for the New York Times. Helmsley isn’t just spending her own money; because charitable donations... More »

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charity • Leona Helmsley • Trouble • estate tax • dog • tax dodge • charitable trust

Queen of Mean's Billions Go
to the Dogs

With $8B, Helmsley trust will dwarf all animal charities 

Jul 2, 08 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leona Helmsley made headlines last year for leaving $12 million to her dog while stiffing two of her grandchildren. But the pooch's payday looks like small change compared to the bonanza in store for America's dogs, the New York Times reports. A charitable trust being built with the late hotel... More »

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will • inheritance • Leona Helmsley • dog • animal shelters

Judge to Helmsley's Dog: Let Go of That

Pooch must scrape by on $2M; snubbed grandkids cash in

Jun 16, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Leona Helmsley’s dog, Trouble, turns out not to need that $12 million trust fund after all. The world's most spoiled Maltese will manage on $2 million, and the rest will go to charity, the New York Post reports. More »

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court • inheritance • Leona Helmsley • dog

Death Threats Drive Heiress Dog Into Hiding

Helmsley's $12M pooch flees to undisclosed location in Fla.

Dec 3, 07 3:56 PM CST
(Newser) - When the Queen of Mean left her pampered pooch $12 million, it only spelled trouble for Trouble. Leona Helmsley's spoiled Maltese, whose annual upkeep bills run to $300,000, was forced to flee her Connecticut estate after a flood of death and abduction threats by blackmailers hungry for the dog’... More »

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inheritance • Leona Helmsley • Trouble the dog • dog

Millionaire Dog May Have to Fight for Her Biscuits

World's richest pooch already faces lawsuit

Sep 3, 07 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - When billionaire hotelier Leona Helmsley bequeathed $12 million to her pooch before she died last month, it's a good thing she left the eight-year-old Maltese enough to hire  a good lawyer. Trouble, who was inseparable from the 'Queen of Mean' when she was alive, and had a propensity to bite... More »

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pets • will • lawsuit • inheritance • Leona Helmsley • dog

Helmsley's Heir Is the Dog

Queen of Mean leaves $12M to Trouble, a bunch to charity, ignores 2 grandkids

Aug 29, 07 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - When the Queen of Mean’s will was read, Trouble, the billionaire hotel magnate’s pampered, biting Maltese, came calling. Leona Helmsley left $12 million to the 8-year-old pooch, along with $38 million to three other family members. The rest—between $4 and $8 billion—went to her charity trust,... More »

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pets • will • charity • billionaire • Leona Helmsley • Trouble • dog

Hotelier Helmsley Dead at 87

'Queen of Mean' learns certainty of death, if not taxes

Aug 20, 07 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Leona Helsmley, the notoriously tyrannical real-estate baroness dubbed New York’s “Queen of Mean,” died of heart failure today at 87. The Brooklyn native took the reins of her husband Harry's real-estate empire in the 70s, and soon her name was synonymous with both luxe hotels and the... More »

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real estate • New York • obituary • tax evasion • Leona Helmsley • Empire State Building • Park Lane Hotel • Helmsley Palace Hotel • New York Helmsley Hotel • Howard Rubenstein

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