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	Update on Leona Helmsley - US News and World Report
		Helmsley still nitpicks over the details of the operations of her hotels today.
		Helmsley claims it disrupts the serenity she was promised for her family's eternal resting place, and she plans to move their remains elsewhere.
		While Helmsley now may be paying taxes as the little people do, she evidently has no intention of being laid to rest next to them.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/biztech/articles/040816/16eewhere.htm (450 words)

	Leona Helmsley, the notorious Queen of Mean - The Crime library
		Leona claimed that much of the completed work was inadequate and they were being grossly overcharged.
		Leona and Harry eventually settled some of the outstanding debts but by then it was too late.
		It wasn't long before the government caught wind of the Helmsleys' illegal business practices, instigating an investigation that would eventually land Harry and Leona in serious legal trouble with the IRS and ruin their reputations for years to come.
	www.crimelibrary.com /criminal_mind/scams/leona_helmsley (698 words)

	Hotel Queen Leona Helmsley Dead At 87, Ran Multi-Billion Empire, Bedeviled By Tax Conviction & King-Sized Image ...
		Leona Helmsley, the hotelier who went to prison as a tax cheat and was reviled as the "queen of mean," died Monday at age 87.
		Helmsley had faded from the spotlight in the last decade, a sharp departure from her 1989 tax evasion trial that provided an endless source sensational headlines.
		Leona Helmsley, a New York hotel and real estate millionaire famous for her tax evasion trial in the late 1980s, passed away at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn. She was 87.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2007/08/20/national/main3184461.shtml (637 words)

	Harry Helmsley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the third husband of Leona Helmsley — notoriously called the "Queen of Mean" — who was convicted in 1989 on federal charges of tax evasion in a celebrated trial.
		Harry had been indicted along with Leona, but was determined to be far too ill physically to stand trial and too weak mentally to be capable of assisting his attorneys in his own defense, one of the legal standards which allows crimes to go unprosecuted on the grounds of mental defect of the defendant.
		Harry Helmsley died of pneumonia at a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Helmsley (179 words)

	Leona Helmsley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leona Helmsley (born Lena Rosenthol July 4, 1920 in Ulster County, New York) is a New York City hotel operator and real estate investor.
		Before her involvement with Harry Helmsley she was previously married to two other men, once to attorney Leo E. Panzier, and on two different occasions to garment industry figure Joseph Lubin.
		Leona, by now married to Helmsley, became known as the "queen" of this palace, supposedly acquiring the nickname "The Queen of Mean" from its employees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leona_Helmsley (540 words)

	Leona Helmsley Biography (Business Personality/Convict) — FactMonster.com
		The wife and heir of New York real estate tycoon Harry Helmsley (1909-1997), Leona Helmsley made national news in 1989 when she was sentenced to 18 months in prison for mail fraud and tax evasion.
		The Helmsleys: The Rise and Fall of Harry and Leona Helmsley (Signet) by Richard Hammer
		The Helmsleys: The Rise and Fall of Harry and Leona Helmsley by Richard Hammer
	www.factmonster.com /biography/var/leonahelmsley.html (331 words)

	Global Diversity @ Work - Global News, April 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
		The former general manager of Leona Helmsley's five-star Park Lane Hotel was awarded nearly $11.2 million in damages by a jury that found that she had fired him because he is gay.
		Helmsley was complaining about the instructions to the jurors, during which the judge told them that she was worth about $4 billion.
		Helmsley in 2001 after accusing her of firing him when she discovered that he is gay.
	www.diversityatwork.com /news/feb03/bias-case.htm (628 words)

	.::AtomicQueens Feature - My Weekend at Leona's::.
		I was welcomed to her apartment in the late afternoon and greeted by members of her security team and some of the hotel staff.
		Leona had asked to meet him as well and wanted to personally thank him and the organization for hosting their event at her "home."
		Alright, I admit it, I am a softie for older folks -- especially ones that are holding cute little puppies in their arms -- but if Leona had even the slightest bit of contempt for me because I was a lesbian, or for Ron because he was a gay man, it certainly did not show.
	www.atomicqueens.com /leona.htm (990 words)

	Leona Helmsley News - The New York Times
		Helmsley had once told her that "Only the little people pay taxes." In 1989, she was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $7.1 million for tax fraud.
		Leona Helmsley is suing the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx and planning to disinter and relocate the body of her dear departed husband, Harry.
		Helmsley, who died at 87, came to be widely regarded by the public as a 1980s symbol of arrogance and greed.
	topics.nytimes.com /top/reference/timestopics/people/h/leona_helmsley/index.html?inline=nyt-per (964 words)

	Hotel baroness known as The Queen of Mean was 87
		Helmsley, who earned her moniker for the high-handed way she ran the Helmsley hotel empire - and for her cruelty to underlings - was remembered by Rubenstein as a good friend and generous philanthropist who "gave tens of millions of dollars to charity right up until the last months of her life."
		Helmsley was so reviled by the public that many cheered when she was convicted in 1989 of evading $4 million in taxes.
		Leona Helmsley was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay a $7.1 million fine.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/2007/08/20/2007-08-20_leona_helmsley_dead.html (883 words)

	Imelda Marcos vs. Leona Helmsley @ WWWF Grudge Match
		Unknown to Leona, Imelda has brought with her the deadly Filipino Pigmy Death Hatchet (tm), and while Leona is bending over in pain from the last knee to the midsection, Imelda, with one Swift and Cunning Stroke (tm), cuts off both her feet, therefore making the purchase of shoes a moot point.
		Leona may be tough, she may be a bitch, but a) she's been in jail the last few years or whatever, and she has been away from the high stakes world of subtle bitchery, hanging around Berthas who use four-letter words.
		Leona remains dumbfounded at the scene and is apprehended for shoplifting, returning her to an overjoyed cellmate and further sordid adventures untold...
	www.grudge-match.com /History/imelda-leona.shtml (5717 words)

	Leona Helmsley, 'queen of mean,' dies at 87 - CNN.com
		Leona Helmsley talks with reporters in 2003, when she was taken to court by a former employee.
		"Leona was a great businesswoman in her own right who created a tremendous brand and success with Helmsley Hotels and was a wonderful partner and wife to Harry Helmsley," Rubenstein said in a written statement.
		Leona Helmsley's charitable activities included a $25 million gift to New York Presbyterian Hospital, $5 million to Katrina relief and $5 million to help the families of firefighters after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
	www.cnn.com /2007/US/08/20/helmsley.obit/index.html (605 words)

	Leona Helmsley, 'queen of mean,' dies at 87 - CNN.com
		Leona Helmsley talks with reporters in 2003, when she was taken to court by a former employee.
		"Leona was a great businesswoman in her own right who created a tremendous brand and success with Helmsley Hotels and was a wonderful partner and wife to Harry Helmsley," Rubenstein said in a written statement.
		Leona Helmsley's charitable activities included a $25 million gift to New York Presbyterian Hospital, $5 million to Katrina relief and $5 million to help the families of firefighters after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
	cnn.com /2007/US/08/20/helmsley.obit/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail (598 words)

	Hotelier Leona Helmsley dies at 87 - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
		NEW YORK (AP) —; Leona Helmsley, the hotelier who went to prison as a tax cheat and was reviled as the "queen of mean," died Monday at age 87.
		One of them, a painting contractor, said Leona Helmsley wouldn't pay an $88,000 bill for work on Dunellen Hall because she was entitled to a "commission" for the $800,000 worth of other jobs he got in Helmsley buildings.
		Helmsley was born Leona Mindy Rosenthal on July 4, 1920, the daughter of a Manhattan hat maker.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2007-08-20-helmsley_N.htm?csp=34 (1308 words)

	Housekeeper slams Leona Helmsley dog who got $12M in will
		Leona Helmsley's former housekeeper said yesterday the Queen of Mean's pampered $12 million pooch made life miserable for the hired help.
		Helmsley even shared her double king-size bed with Trouble, Sfara said, and lots of kisses.
		Helmsley didn't think two of her own grandchildren, Craig and Meegan Panzirer, deserved any of her money, either.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/2007/08/30/2007-08-30_housekeeper_slams_leona_helmsley_dog_who.html?ref=rss (646 words)

	Lodging Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
		Leona Helmsley has been slapped with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by a heterosexual employee who claims he was fired for not having sex with her, New York’s Daily News reports.
		"Helmsley terminated Watkins because of his refusal to continue his romantic and sexual relationship with her," the lawsuit alleges.
		Watkins says he was fired January 7, 2002, after he told Helmsley he wanted to concentrate less on her and more on his job.
	www.lodgingmagazine.com /news_view.asp?id=512 (224 words)

	This Day in History
		Leona Helmsley, nicknamed the "Queen of Mean" by the press, receives a four-year prison sentence, 750 hours of community service, and a $7.1 million tax fraud fine in New York.
		Leona's husband, Harry, was one of the world's wealthiest real estate moguls, with an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion in property holdings.
		Leona reportedly also purchased hundreds of thousands of dollars of jewelry in New York City but insisted that empty boxes be sent to Connecticut so that she could avoid the sales tax.
	www.historychannel.com /tdih/tdih.jsp?category=crime&month=10272964&day=10272978 (377 words)

	LEONA GETS FORTUNE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
		Helmsley died of pneumonia Saturday at age 87 in Scottsdale, Ariz. His 18-page will was dated Jan. 25, 1994.
		It listed Helmsley Enterprises, with real estate holdings in Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco, as 76th on its list of the 400 largest private firms in the United States, with revenues of $1.77 billion.
		Leona Helmsley's son from a previous marriage died.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/011097/leona.htm (164 words)

	Leona Helmsley, Now 83, Continues to Run Her New York Hotel Business; Occasional Forgetfulness May Be a Problem
		Helmsley, who turns 84 on the Fourth of July, continues to run the hotel business that her late husband Harry Helmsley left to her with the iron scepter that has earned her the epithet the "Queen of Mean."
		Helmsley also could not identify one of her longtime decorators recently, another source says.
		Helmsley seems especially to have changed since an incident on Jan. 25, when staffers called an ambulance after she complained of feeling faint.
	www.hotel-online.com /News/PR2004_2nd/June04_HelmsleyHealth.html (653 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Conn. / Leona Helmsley ordered to pay landscaping firm $117,000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
		The state Supreme Court has refused to hear Helmsley's appeal of a lower court ruling that ordered her to pay $117,000 to Ceci Brothers Inc., the Greenwich Time reported.
		Helmsley's lawyer, Leonard A. Fasano, said she could have pursued one more appeal, but decided to drop the case instead.
		Mike Ceci, one of the owners of Ceci Brothers Inc., said Helmsley hired the firm to build a hill and plant several large trees at the edge of her property, in order to shield her home from neighbors.
	www.boston.com /news/local/connecticut/articles/2004/05/05/leona_helmsley_ordered_to_pay_landscaping_firm_117000 (288 words)

	Leona Helmsley Biography from Who2.com
		The wife and heir of New York real estate tycoon Harry Helmsley (1909-1997), Leona Helmsley made national news in 1989 when she was sentenced to 18 months in prison for mail fraud and tax evasion.
		Helmsley's real estate firms owned posh hotels and prime real estate in New York City (including the lease on the Empire State Building), and Leona for many years made the annual Forbes list of the richest Americans.
		But her imperious manner, and rumors of mistreatment of employees, earned her the tabloid title of "the Queen of Mean." Helmsley's apparent lack of contrition was summed up in a quote attributed to her by a former housekeeper: "We don't pay taxes.
	www.who2.com /leonahelmsley.html (246 words)

	Leona Helmsley - Gawker
		Former Queen of Mean Leona Helmsley cut her two grandchildren out of her will, but left "probably" hundreds of millions of dollars to charity.
		Leona Helmsley was more than just a former secretary who helped her third husband create a massive real estate empire while becoming a recognizable face to New Yorkers through a series of commercials in which she starred.
		Helmsley as a precursor to fellow orange-jumpsuit wearer Martha Stewart.
	www.gawker.com /news/leona-helmsley (1522 words)

	North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey!
		Leona Helmsley, for years the imperious head of a multibillion-dollar real estate and hotel empire, will spend eternity inside a $1.4 million suburban mausoleum with a magnificent view, alongside her beloved husband Harry.
		Harry Helmsley came to the northern suburb of Sleepy Hollow last year after Leona engaged in an ugly battle with Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, where the real estate magnate was originally buried in 1997.
		An irate Leona called the new construction "a disgrace" and purchased a piece of land in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, 14 miles north of New York City, to construct a new mausoleum.
	www.northjersey.com /page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTg0Nzk4JnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg== (410 words)

	News & Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
		Hotel magnate Leona Helmsley appeared in court in New York on Tuesday in defense against a claim that she fired an employee because he was gay.
		Helmsley, the supposed "Queen of Mean," is being sued by Charles Bell, the one-time general manager of the posh Park Lane Hotel in New York, for $40 million.
		Helmsley's attorney, Steven G. Eckhaus, claimed Bell was fired for numerous reasons, including lying on his resume about past hotel experience, being intoxicated on the job and giving away free hotel rooms for friends after a lavish, drug-addled party, according to reports.
	www.planetout.com /news/article.html?2003/01/14/1 (503 words)

	Excite - Liz Smith
		Reclusive real-estate empress Leona Helmsley is stepping into the media glare again - this time to defend herself against claims that she hates gays.
		Helmsley, 82, is being sued by Charles Bell, who claims she fired him as general manager of the Helmsley Park Lane hotel simply because he's gay.
		In her legal papers, Helmsley charges that Bell was fired for giving away rooms to his friends and holding a rowdy New Year's Eve party, in which revelers danced through the halls in their underwear.
	entertainment.excite.com /celebgossip/lizsmith/id/12_25_2002.html (740 words)

	Gay News From 365Gay.com
		Helmsley Enterprises with the 'accidental death' clause circled in 'highlighter' or lipstick," Ward said in his affidavit.
		He said that Helmsley is a "woman of advanced years" who shouldn't be forced to reconstruct the past.
		Helmsley also fired him after learning he was gay.
	www.365gay.com /newscon05/03/030205helmsley.htm (353 words)

	Former COO of Helmsley Enterprises, Roger Watkins Files $9 million Salacious Suit Against Leona Helmsley / March 2003
		6--Hotel magnate Leona Helmsley has been slapped with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by a straight employee who claims he was fired for not having sex with her.
		The salacious suit was revealed yesterday, just one day after a judge dramatically reduced a multimillion-dollar judgment won by a gay employee Helmsley claims she axed for throwing sex parties in her hotel.
		Watkins says he was fired Jan. 7, 2002, after he told Helmsley he wanted to concentrate less on her and more on his job.
	www.hotel-online.com /News/PR2003_1st/Mar03_HelmsleySuit.html (455 words)

	Realty Times - Real Estate News and Advice
		Real estate queen Leona Helmsley has sold her interest in Investment Properties Associates, a cornerstone of her late husband Harry's real estate empire.
		Helmsley said IPA was sold for more than $100 million to a group led by Scoggin Capital Management, L.P., Belvedere Capital, and Angelo Gordon & Co.
		Helmsley handed over control of Helmsley-Spear Inc. to two of her late husband's business partners.
	realtytimes.com /rtnews/rtipages/19980617_helmsley.htm (185 words)

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