Queen of Mean ain't mean no mo...

Helmsley, 87, dies of heart of failure
Dubbed the 'queen of mean,' she served time for tax evasion

August 20, 2007
ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Leona Helmsley, the hotelier who went to prison as a tax cheat and was reviled as the “queen of mean,” died today at age 87.

Helmsley died of heart failure at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn., said her publicist, Howard Rubenstein.

Already experienced in real estate before her marriage, Helmsley helped her husband run a $5-billion empire that included managing the Empire State Building.

She became a household name in 1989 when she was tried for tax evasion.

The sensational trial included testimony from disgruntled employees who said she terrorized both the menial and the executive help at her homes and hotels.

That image of Helmsley as the “queen of mean” was sealed when a former housekeeper testified that she heard Helmsley say: “We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.”

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Honestly, I would have guessed she was already dead.

 

she survived on unicorn blood for a while. After she killed the last one, her time was limited.

Oh, andat first I thought this thread was about Rosie O'Donnell

 

Isn't Lisa Lampanelli the Queen of Mean?

 

What jumped out to me in that story is that she has the same publicist as George Steinbrenner.

 

Me too.

 

I saw that

I saw that too. I wonder if he is the go to guy for new/old New York money ... .

 

Yes! I thought this thread was gonna be about her love of the African-American male species.

 

Ditto