The amount to be distributed shall be prorated on a daily basis for a short taxable year and for the taxable year ending with the Recipient's death. [55], Helmsley acquired the moniker "The Queen of Mean", reportedly inspired after an advertising campaign promoting her as the "Queen of the Palace" of the Helmsley Palace Hotel. To add insult to injury, Trump also penned a letter to Harry Helmsley, who was in poor health. Except for the payment of the unitrust amount to the Recipient, my Trustees shall not engage in any act of self-dealing, as defined in Section 4941(d) of the Code, and shall not make any taxable expenditures, as defined in Section 4945(d) of the Code. For this work, the executors received $100 million. After Mr. Helmsleys death, she became chief executive of Helmsley Enterprises and managed the familys real estate and hotel portfolio. She was the subject of an unflattering television special; a 1990 television film, Leona Helmsley: The Queen Leona had wanted to give the dog to her brother Alvin, but he didnt want it. Though she battled a series of lawsuits in the 1990s and early 2000s, Leona also donated millions to hospitals and medical research. In 1985, during court proceedings in relation to the lawsuit, the contractors revealed that most of their work was being illegally billed to the Helmsleys' hotels as business expenses. Twelve years after the death of Leona Helmsley, a Manhattan Surrogate's Court judge has awarded a total of $100 million in fees to four of the executors of her estate over the objections . 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F. I leave the sum of Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000) to the Trustees of the LEONA HELMSLEY JULY 2005 TRUST, established under an instrument dated on or about the date of this Will, to be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of that Trust agreement. Both Irving Schneider and Alvin Schwartz, Mr. Helmsley's two longtime partners who have been battling Mrs. Helmsley in court, attended. My Trustees shall not make any investments that jeopardize the charitable purposes of the trust within the meaning of Section 4944 of the Code and the regulations thereunder, and shall not retain any excess business holdings, within the meaning of Section 4943(c). After graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School, she began calling herself. Very likely a major factor in the collapse of affordable housing and the explosion in condo conversions is the result of excessively Trump was the upstart developer from Queens who was trying to break into the Manhattan real estate market. He had begun to appear feeble shortly after the beginning of his relationship with Leona years before and had recently suffered a stroke on top of a pre-existing heart condition. He deserves whatever he gets. Helmsley was buried next to her husband, Harry, in a $1.4 million mausoleum in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Westchester County. Leona to rest in Sleepy luxury - New York Daily News Leona Helmsley was convicted in 1989 of evading $1.2 million in taxes and ended up serving 18 months in prison. In 235 counts in state and federal indictments brought by Robert Abrams, the New York State attorney general, and Rudolph W. Giuliani, then the United States attorney and later mayor. Leona Helmsley, who married hotel mogul Harry Helmsley in 1972, was the epitome of the greed is good 80s, living high while abusing the staff. Leona was convicted of evading $1.7 million in taxes in 1989 and served 18 months in federal prison. The billionaire hotelier, who was famously quoted as saying only little people pay taxes and who later went to prison for tax evasion, died on Monday at age 87. Farewell to the woman they called the Queen of Mean: Leona Helmsley By then, however, the trial was already highlighting her abusive and micromanaging behavior towards family members, employees, contractors and even senior executives. Wearing a gray oversized prison sweatshirt and sweatpants, she flashed a broad smile and struck the same arrogant Queen of the Palace advertisement pose, arms thrown back in glory, Frankel writes. I am aware that conflicts of interest may arise by reason of service on the part of my Executor as such and as officer, partner, director, manager or employee of the Entity and by reason of my Executors owning an interest in the Entity in their own right. C. No power or discretion granted to my Executors and Trustees by this Will or by law, including, without limitation any investment power, shall apply to any disposition of property hereunder to any charitable organization (including THE LEONA M. AND HARRY B. HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST) if the authority to exercise such power or discretion would affect the availability to my estate of a Federal estate tax charitable deduction for such dispositions. NEW YORK, AUG. 30 -- Leona Helmsley, the billionaire hotel queen whose abrasive pursuit of luxury turned her into a symbol of avarice, was convicted today of tax evasion, mail fraud and. Leona Mindy Rosenthal Helmsley (1920-2007) - Find a Grave Kos Media, LLC. guilty or not, she joins the ranks of Martha Stewart and others who became the scapegoats for other , much more mendacious types ( mostly males) who will go on unpunished. The intimate funeral at the famed Frank E. Campbell funeral chapel on the upper East Side did not feature the fanfare that typically accompanies . (2) If my grandson DAVID PANZIRER survives me, I leave the sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) to him. H. All decisions regarding my estate or any trust shall be made by a majority of my Executors or Trustees not disqualified to act thereon, or by both if only two are then serving.