Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Still Dead, Still Mean

Leona Helmsley's dog will continue to live an opulent life, and then be buried alongside her in a mausoleum while two of her grandchildren get nothing from the late luxury hotelier and real estate billionaire's estate. Wow. Fuck you grandma.

Helmsley left her dog a $12 million trust fund.

She also left millions for her brother, Alvin Rosenthal, who was named to care for the dog, Trouble, as well as two of four grandchildren from her late son Jay. Helmsley left nothing to two of Jay Panzirer's other children — Craig and Meegan Panzirer — for "reasons that are known to them," she wrote.

Helmsley left behind $3 million for the upkeep of her final resting place in Westchester County, and her chauffeur, Nicholas Celea, $100,000. The cash from sales of the Helmsley's residences and belongings, reported to be worth billions, will be given to the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, and not to her grandchildren.

It's an awesome fuck you to cut family members out of money, but to give a goddamn dog an obscene amount of money is a big F-U to the rest of the world and people who could use it. Fortunately, she's burning in a particularly deep lake of fire in the 6th level of Hell, so there's a little justice. Not much, but some.

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