Helmsley's dog left $12m trust fund

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Trouble the white Maltese dog will continue to live the royal life in the US, and then

be buried alongside owner Leona Helmsley in a mausoleum maintained by a 12 million

dollars trust fund.

But two of Helmsley's grandchildren received nothing from the late luxury hotelier and

real estate billionaire's estate.

Helmsley left her beloved Trouble a 12 million dollars trust fund, according to her will,

which was made public in New York surrogate court, according to published reports.

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 five million dollars she left for each.

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 three million dollars for the upkeep of her final resting place in Westchester

County, where she is buried with her husband, Harry Helmsley, and where the pair have

a view of the New York skyline.

She also left her chauffeur, Nicholas Celea, 100,000 dollars (£50,000). Everything else,

including cash from sales of the Helmsley residences and belongings, reported to be worth

billions, she ordered to be sold and the money given to the Leona and Harry Helmsley

Charitable Trust, the New York Post reported.

"I will have no comment concerning Mrs. Helmsley's will," said her long-time spokesman,

Howard Rubenstein, in the Post.

Helmsley died earlier this month at her Connecticut home. She became known as a

symbol of 1980s greed and earned her famous moniker The Queen of Mean after her

1988 indictment and subsequent conviction for tax evasion. One employee had quoted

her as snarling: "Only the little people pay taxes."

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[Jasman0717 9]

Retarded

[thetreble 19]

She wasn't the nicest lady in the world. She did give to charities because of the immense wealth, but in real life she was supposedly a b itch.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Nicholas Van Hoogstraten outdoes her in meanness IMO.