Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Real estate mogul Leona Helmsley dies at 87
Leona was born in upstate New York and raised in Brooklyn. Before rising to real estate fame and fortune, Helmsely worked various part-time jobs and did some modeling gigs. She then married Harry Helmsley in 1972 and helped him amass a commercial and residential real estate empire worth billions. She also served time in prison for tax fraud and made headlines for her statement that "only little people pay taxes."