Queen of Mean leaves billions to dog care

Queen of Mean leaves billions to dog care

Hotel maven Leona Helmsley, who died last year after a life spent amassing a fortune in the hotel business, may have left somewhere between $5 and $8 billion to dogs.

Helmsley definitely left her Maltese, Trouble, a $12 million trust fund. The dog reportedly blew it all on a six-dollar box of Milkbones, barking a message that the cashier interpreted as "Keep the change."*

There's some question as to the legality of the statement Helmsley left behind instructing that these billions be used to care for needy dogs, but if it happens, it'll provide more funding for dog care than all the other animal charities in the country, combined. (Or so this article claims.) Has Helmsley, nicknamed the Queen of Mean, redeemed her reputation with one fell swoop? You decide.

*I made up the Milkbone thing. But the $12 million trust fund is true.