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Leona Helmsley

Leona HelmsleyAKA Lena Rosenthol

Born: 4-Jul-1920
Birthplace: Marbletown, NY
Died: 20-Aug-2007
Location of death: Greenwich, CT
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Female
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Queen of Mean

"Only the little people pay taxes."

A high school dropout, Leona falsely claimed to have attended Hunter College.

Father: Morris Rosenthol (d. 1940)
Mother: Ida Rosenthol
Sister: Sandra
Sister: Sylvia
Brother: Alvin Rosenthal
Husband: Leo E. Panzier (m. 1938, div. 1952)
Son: Jay Robert Panzirer (d. 1982, heart attack)
Husband: Joseph Lubin (garment industry, 1st time)
Husband: Joseph Lubin (garment industry, 2nd time)
Husband: Harry Helmsley (billionaire, m. 1972, d. 1997)

    High School: Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn, NY (dropout)

    Tax Evasion 1989, fined $7.1 million
    Mail Fraud 1989
    Extortion acquitted 1989
    Granted Immunity (1985)
    Polish Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Smoking



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