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Harry Helmsley was the son of Henry Helmsley, a wholesale dry goods buyer, and the former Minnie Brakmann. He was born in Manhattan and brought up in The Bronx, attending Evander Childs High School, where he did not graduate. The family could not afford a college education, but his grandfather got him a job as an office boy in a real estate ...
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.
The hotel was designed by Emery Roth & Sons and opened on February 18, 1981, as The Harley of New York - A Helmsley Hotel. Constructed by New York developer Harry Helmsley, the hotel's name was a combination of his own first name and that of his famous wife, Leona Helmsley. They co-owned the hotel with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
Leona Helmsley. New York’s notorious “Queen of Mean,” Leona Helmsley, passed away in 2007 with an estimated $8 billion fortune. ... Houdini’s will requested that his wife hold a seance ...
Leona Helmsley Value of estate: $4 billion Amount contested: $12 million ... as well as first-degree grand larceny, and was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in prison in 2009. ... Brown's wife and ...
The Queen of Mean's Greenwich, Conn., mansion got the ultimate revenge on the tacky tax evader. The sale of Dunnellen Hall, home to the late hotel and real estate investor Leona Helmsley, closed ...
Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 – January 19, 2008) was an American actress. Pleshette was known for her roles in theatre, film, and television. [1] She was nominated for three Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
Harry Helmsley (1909–1997), real estate mogul who built a company that became one of the biggest property holders in the United States, and his wife Leona Helmsley (1920–2007), in a mausoleum with a stained-glass panorama of the Manhattan skyline. Leona famously bequeathed $12 million to her dog.