Posted on 08/29/2007 7:10:57 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
NEW YORK (AP) - Leona Helmsley's dog will continue to live an opulent life, and then be buried alongside her in a mausoleum. But two of Helmsley's grandchildren got nothing from the late luxury hotelier and real estate billionaire's estate.
Helmsley left her beloved white Maltese, named Trouble, a $12 million trust fund, according to her will, which was made public Tuesday in surrogate court.
She also left millions for her brother, Alvin Rosenthal, who was named to care for Trouble in her absence, as well as two of four grandchildren from her late son Jay Panzirer - so long as they visit their father's grave site once each calendar year.
Otherwise, she wrote, neither will get a penny of the $5 million she left for each.
Helmsley left nothing to two of Jay Panzirer's other children - Craig and Meegan Panzirer - for ``reasons that are known to them,'' she wrote.
But no one made out better than Trouble, who once appeared in ads for the Helmsley Hotels, and lived up to her name by biting a housekeeper.
``I direct that when my dog, Trouble, dies, her remains shall be buried next to my remains in the Helmsley mausoleum,'' Helmsley wrote in her will.
The mausoleum, she ordered, must be ``washed or steam-cleaned at least once a year.'' She left behind $3 million for the upkeep of her final resting place in Westchester County, where she is buried with her husband, Harry Helmsley.
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My Boston terrier Toto is very interested in meeting the pooch with all the loot !
http://www.forbes.com/maserati/billionaires2004/LIRIC5T.html
grandmommy dearest
Leona Helmsley was rich even before she met Leon Helmsley. I have a sister who is a leech. She has no sense of honor or decency, and never, NEVER pays back what she borrows. (I’m rearing her son and he will be my heir). If Leona’s brother had made any effort to pay her back what he had borrowed...MAYBE she wouldn’t have been so hard on her brother’s children. We don’t know the specifics. But considering how hard it was for Leona to make it, I don’t hold it against her. And yes, I do like her dog.
I am so sorry to hear about how your parents mistreated your kindness. My situation, somewhat similiar, hasn’t ended yet.
Lucky dog beats lucky sperm every time. Ungrateful little whelps can earn it for themselves.
The dog was the only one that liked her. (Now you know why they are called dumb animals)
My mother started beating me when I was 4 years old; my father said he never noticed. When both of them in later years became ill and needed care, without hesitation I was here for them. My mother apologized for everything she’d ever done just 5 days before she died. I’m still caring for my father who is dying of Alzheimers; he can be abusive but at least he hasn’t tried to strangle me yet. So call me a dumb animal.
I prefer ‘child of God’.
Apples and oranges, but you did get to tell your story.
They say that by the time you're 50, you get the face you deserve.
If that story rings true, the Helmsleys were very unhappy people.
I’m sorry, but this woman was nothing more than a real-life version of Cruella de Ville.
Her story would make a helluva motion picture though. I remember growing up watching "Mommy Dearest." To this day I only use plastic or wooden hangers for my clothes.
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