Leona Helmsley's Will

[fuzzbrain]

New York Daily News
NEW YORK | The Queen of Means pampered pooch scored a bone-anza, but two grandchildren were ordered to keep their paws off the $4 billion she accumulated in her lifetime.

Billionaire luxury-hotel magnate Leona Helmsleys will was made public in Manhattans Surrogate Court.

The biggest winners: Trouble, Helmsleys tiny white Maltese, will be cared for from a $12 million trust. Helmsleys brother, Alvin Rosenthal, will get $10 million.

The biggest losers: I have not made any provisions in this will for my grandson Craig Panzirer or my granddaughter Meegan Panzirer for reasons which are known to them.

The winners obligations: Rosenthal will care for Trouble until she dies, at which time she will be buried beside Helmsley and her husband, Harry Helmsley, in a five-star mausoleum that will be maintained with a $3 million perpetual-care trust.

The two other grandchildren, David and Walter Panzirer, sons of her late son, Jay Panzirer, will get $10 million each  but only if they visit their fathers grave once a year. To ensure that they meet their annual requirement, Helmsley ordered a guest book installed inside the family mausoleum

[Lise]

Yeah, I've heard about that. 12 million for a dog. Kinda ironic that you would leave all that money for a dog. I mean, I have a dog and I love him to bits but I don't think I would leave 12 million, let alone 1 million for mine. Geez, what an oddball family.

[M Grenade]

curious story, they mention $4 billion, but the dog only got $12 million, that leaves a lot of change left over

[Lise]

Aaa... maybe the dog ate it. *music jiggle - who let the dogs out? woof! woof!*

[M Grenade]

awwww, that little dog looks so sweet []

[yorkcountykid]

i feel sorry for a mind that would, over much time, do that. and, as mg said, who gets the rest of the 4 billion?

[Fornicator]

I read elsewhere it's going to the Helmsley charitable organisation.

For a woman who was so nasty most of her life, it's nice to see that, in the end, well over $3 billion is going to charity.

[Carrie]

What a nut. What's her dog going to do with that $12 million, buy a summer house in the Hamptons, travel the world with a pooch pal, invest?