Friday, August 31, 2007
New York's ‘Queen of Mean’ leaves $12 million to dog
Leona Helmsley, the late US hotel billionaire known as the "Queen of Mean," has lived up to her reputation even in death, cutting two grandchildren out of her will and leaving $12 million to her dog. Trouble, a white Maltese, received the largest bequest from Helmsley's will, which was read out in a New York court on Tuesday. The will sets aside a trust to care for the pampered pooch, which once starred in advertisements for Helmsley's hotel chain, and also stipulates that the dog be buried beside her and her late husband, Harry, who died in 1997.