Ex-staffer sets the record straight on Leona Helmsley

Newsday ^ | August 21, 2007 | Ellis Henican

[Gondring]

She gave more to the community than either you or I are ever likely to.

As a percentage of wealth, I am sure you are wrong.

And if one is stealing from people, giving to charity isn't giving one's own money, anyway, so it's less than worthless.

Not that I'm saying that's what she did for sure, and I do think she was demonized, but to just base it on charitable giving is not very sound reasoning.

[Orange1998]

Yes but only after she served jail time, it has a way of changing people view on life. Here is a quote from Wiki, she sounds like a heartless person..

On March 31, 1982, her only child, Jay Panzirer, died of a heart attack. Leona then sued her son's estate for money and property that she said he had borrowed, and her son's widow Mimi received an eviction notice. Mimi Panzirer - the mother of Leona's four grandchildren - later said the legal expenses wiped her out and "to this day I don't know why they did it."