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Leona Mindy Roberts Helmsley (July 4, 1920 – August 20, 2007) was an American businesswoman and convicted felon. Her flamboyant personality and reputation for tyrannical behavior earned her the nickname Queen of Mean. 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. Although having initially received a sentence of sixteen years, she was required to serve only nineteen months in prison and two months under house arrest. During the trial, a former housekeeper testified that she had heard Helmsley say: "We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes," an aphorism which was identified with her for the rest of her life.
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Leona Mindy Rosenthal 4 July 1920 Marbletown, New York, USA
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20 August 2007 (aged 87) Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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