Leona Helmsley
Leona Helmsley (born July 4, 1920 in Marbletown , Ulster County , NY as Leona Mindy Rosenthal , † August 20, 2007 in Greenwich , Connecticut , United States ) was the wife of real estate king and billionaire Harry Helmsley († 1997) and through him since 1980 President of Helmsley Hotels, which operated more than two dozen hotels in ten states. Popularly she was nicknamed "Miser" and because of her statements such as "Only little people pay taxes" she was also known as "The Queen of Mean".
Life
Helmsley grew up as the daughter of Polish immigrants in Brooklyn . Her father was a hatter.
Helmsley's first husband was the lawyer Leo Panzirer, from whom she divorced in 1959. She was then married twice and divorced from Joseph Lubin. Her third husband, since 1972, was real estate tycoon Harry Helmsley, then 63 years old and one of the richest men in the United States. In 1980 he made her President of the Helmsley Hotels. The two were considered a happy couple, who were still very much in love years after the marriage. He was on July 4, 1976, the Empire State Building to his wife's birthday, which is also known as zweihundertster anniversary of that year Independence of the United States particularly committed US national , was in the national colors red, white and blue glow. After Harry Helmsley died in 1997, she turned off the lights in the building every evening for a week for a week.
Leona Helmsley had evaded taxes in the late 1980s and was sent to prison from 1992 to 1993.
death
Helmsley died of heart failure at her summer residence in Greenwich at the age of 87 . Her Maltese dog Trouble (dt. Annoyance ) she left twelve million US dollars of their heritage. The dog is to be buried in the family mausoleum on the Helmsley side. She had survived her own son. Of his four children, she bequeathed two million dollars to two on the condition that they visit her father's grave once a year. The other two grandchildren got nothing "for reasons known to them". In retrospect, however, the two left empty-handed fought for part of Trouble's fortune; Craig Panzirer (* 1967) and Meegan Panzirer Wesolko (* 1970) took legal action against these last decrees, arguing that their grandmother was not in full possession of her intellectual powers when she made the will. The grandchildren Panzirer and Wesolko now received four and two million dollars each. The amount awarded to Trouble was also drastically reduced; instead of twelve million, the dog received two million dollars. Most of her fortune - valued at over $ 5 billion - went to the Helmsley Charity Fund, which also looks after dogs.
TV movie
1990 was directed by Richard Michaels of the television film Die Dollar-Queen (original title: Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean ) in which Suzanne Pleshette took over the title role.
supporting documents
- ↑ Society Queen bequeaths millions to the lap dog ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Rp online
- ↑ Dog inherits twelve million - grandchildren go empty-handed Spiegel Online , August 29, 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helmsley, Leona |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosenthal, Leona Mindy (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hotel owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marbletown , Ulster County , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 2007 |
| Place of death | Greenwich , Connecticut |