Helmsley, Leona
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- Moss, M. Palace coup, c1989:CIP t.p. (Leona Helmsley) pub. info. (real estate investor)
- Hammer, R. The Helmsleys, 1990:p. 3, etc. (Leona Helmsley; b. Lena Rosenthal, July 4, 1919)
- Wikipedia WWW site, Aug. 20, 2007(Leona Helmsley; b. Leona Mindy Rosenthal, July 4, 1920, Marbletown, Ulster County, N.Y.; d. Aug. 20, 2007, Greenwich, Conn.; New York City hotel operator and real estate investor)
- New York times WWW site, Aug. 21, 2007(Leona Helmsley; b. Leona Mindy Rosenthal, July 4, 1920, rural Ulster County, N.Y.; soon after high school, had her name legally changed to Leona Roberts; Leona Mindy Roberts m. Harry Helmsley, Apr. 1972; d. yesterday [Aug. 20, 2007], Greenwich, Conn., aged 87; self-styled hotel queen whose prison term for income tax evasion and fraud was greeted with uncommon approval by a public who regarded her as a 1980s symbol of arrogance and greed)
Leona Roberts Helmsley (born Lena Mindy Rosenthal; July 4, 1920 – August 20, 2007) was an American businesswoman. After allegations of non-payment were made by contractors hired to improve Helmsley's Connecticut home, she was investigated and convicted of federal income tax evasion and other crimes in 1989. Although having initially received a sentence of 4 years, she was required to serve only 19 months in prison and two months under house arrest. During the trial, a former housekeeper testified that she had heard Helmsley say: "We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes." This quote was identified with her for the rest of her life. Helmsley's flamboyant personality and reputation for tyrannical behavior earned her the nickname Queen of Mean.
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