Tag Archives: Leona Helmsley

Trouble Helmsley Dies At Age 12

One of the world’s wealthiest animals, Trouble Helmsley, has died at her Florida estate at the age of 12. Leona Helmsley’s pampered pooch “Trouble,” who inherited $12 million from the real estate mogul, has died at the age of 12. That’s 84 in dog years. Like many Americans, the pampered Maltese retired to Florida in 2007, shortly after Helmsley died. …

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Morning View – Helmsley Building

Built in 1929 as the New York Central Railroad Building, it was purchased in the 80’s by the Helmsleys. “Queen Of Mean” Leona later stipulated that all future owners of the building must keep its Helmsley name. In 2006 the Helmsley was purchased for $705M by the royal family of Dubai, who sold it one year later to Goldman Sachs …

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Leona’$ Be$t Friend$

Remember all the hullabaloo about Leona Helmsley leaving $12M for the care of her bitey little Maltese, Trouble? Well, that’s just puppy chow compared to what Helmsley’s estate may providing for the dogs of America. According to unnamed insiders, from $5-$8 billion dollars, her entire estate, has been left for the “care and welfare of dogs” in a mission statement …

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Meanie Dearest

Apparently directly quoting Joan Crawford, mean queen to the end Leona Helmsley leaves nothing in her will to two of her grandchildren “for reasons that are known to them.” Two of her other grandchildren will get $5M each, but her dog, a Maltese named Trouble, gets $12 million. Helmsley’s brother gets a few mil, but only if he takes care …

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Queen Of Mean Dead At 87

Leona Helmsley, the anti-gay billionaire “queen of mean”, died today at 87. Aside from having gone to prison for tax evasion, you may recall Helmsley losing a discrimination lawsuit after firing the gay manager of her Park Lane hotel. The manager, Charles Bell, won over $11M but the judgment was later reduced to $554,000. Bell told the court that when …

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