Late luxury hotelier and real estate billionaire, Leona Helmsley, divided all her weath among her beloved including her dog but two of her grandchildren didn’t receive a penny.
Her beloved white Maltese, named Trouble got a $12 million trust fund. Her brother, Alvin Rosenthal, recieved $5 mil. So did her two out of four grandchildren from her late son Jay Panzirer on a condition they vidit their father’s grave site once each year. Even her chauffeur, Nicholas Celea, was lucky enough to recieve $100,000.
Leona Helmsley and her dog Trouble photographed in Leona Helmsley’s Park Lane Hotel apartment. Friday, January 31, 2003 in New York. Helmsley left her beloved white Maltese, named Trouble, a $12 million trust fund, according to her will, which was made public Tuesday Aug. 28, 2007 in surrogate court, according to published reports. But two of Helmsley’s grandchildren got zilch from the late luxury hotelier and real estate billionaire’s estate. (AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock)
Helmsley died earlier this month at her Connecticut home. She became known as a symbol of 1980s greed and earned the nickname “the Queen of Mean” after her 1988 indictment and subsequent conviction for tax evasion. One employee had quoted her as snarling, “Only the little people pay taxes.” (source)
