Comments on: Are You Kidding Me?…WHO Got Twelve Million Dollars? http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/ The thoughts and experiences of Merrill Dubrow Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:44:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Merrill Dubrow http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-67123 Merrill Dubrow Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:52:50 +0000 http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-67123 I thought I would share the latest: Leona Helmsley's dog Trouble’s bequest cut by $10m Trouble, a white Maltese dog that inherited $12 million (£6 million) from billionaire Leona Helmsley, will have to get by on a little less, after a judge gave $10 million of the bequest to charity and two Helmsley grandchildren. Judge Reena Roth ruled that Helmsley was mentally incompetent when she made her will, and gave $4 million to an undisclosed charity, and $6 million to Craig and Meegan Panzirer, who were cut out of the will, it was reported on Monday. Helmsley, 87, who earned the sobriquet “the Queen of Mean”, left the lion’s share of her $2.5 billion fortune to unnamed causes through a charitable trust after she died on August 20, 2007. Trouble will now have to live on just two million dollars at an undisclosed location in Florida, where she was taken in December after receiving numerous death threats. Helmsley married the real estate magnate Harry Helmsley in 1972, helping him build a company managing some of New York’s most prestigious addresses, including the Empire State Building. (AFP) Merrill I thought I would share the latest:

Leona Helmsley’s dog Trouble’s bequest cut by $10m

Trouble, a white Maltese dog that inherited $12 million (£6 million) from billionaire Leona Helmsley, will have to get by on a little less, after a judge gave $10 million of the bequest to charity and two Helmsley grandchildren.

Judge Reena Roth ruled that Helmsley was mentally incompetent when she made her will, and gave $4 million to an undisclosed charity, and $6 million to Craig and Meegan Panzirer, who were cut out of the will, it was reported on Monday.

Helmsley, 87, who earned the sobriquet “the Queen of Mean”, left the lion’s share of her $2.5 billion fortune to unnamed causes through a charitable trust after she died on August 20, 2007.

Trouble will now have to live on just two million dollars at an undisclosed location in Florida, where she was taken in December after receiving numerous death threats.

Helmsley married the real estate magnate Harry Helmsley in 1972, helping him build a company managing some of New York’s most prestigious addresses, including the Empire State Building. (AFP)

Merrill

]]> By: merrill dubrow http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-31863 merrill dubrow Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:26:13 +0000 http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-31863 Lorri. Exactly! I wish Leona would have realized that Merrill Lorri. Exactly! I wish Leona would have realized that

Merrill

]]> By: Lorri http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-31860 Lorri Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:11:30 +0000 http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-31860 Can you imagine how many animal shelters that could help? I am sure Trouble would be very happy to share. Can you imagine how many animal shelters that could help? I am sure Trouble would be very happy to share.

]]> By: Bob Graham http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-31109 Bob Graham Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:53:15 +0000 http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-31109 "But he left all of his royalties, To Spooner his old hound, Growing old on steak and bacon, In a dog house 10 feet round And everybody wonders, Did he really lose his mind? No, he was just a poet, Who lived before his time..." --Jimmy Buffett “But he left all of his royalties,
To Spooner his old hound,
Growing old on steak and bacon,
In a dog house 10 feet round
And everybody wonders,
Did he really lose his mind?
No, he was just a poet,
Who lived before his time…”
–Jimmy Buffett

]]> By: Joe Baldi http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-31090 Joe Baldi Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:10:24 +0000 http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-31090 Besides leaving it to me, the best use of her money would be either to fund education for the underpriveleged or provide for food and shelter for the poor and homeless. My top priority would be education because I firmly believe that knowledge is power and with that comes the ability to generate more resources to combat poverty and homelessness. Joe Besides leaving it to me, the best use of her money would be either to fund education for the underpriveleged or provide for food and shelter for the poor and homeless.

My top priority would be education because I firmly believe that knowledge is power and with that comes the ability to generate more resources to combat poverty and homelessness.

Joe

]]> By: Fee Sepahi http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-30987 Fee Sepahi Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:08:33 +0000 http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-30987 Hello Merrill, I would agree that amount of money to an animal is beyond my comprehension. Trust me when I say that I'm an animal lover through and through, but I cannot imagine the impact a portion of that money could make on the planet as a whole, be it about global warming, poverty, hunger, social security, health-care, abused children, cancer, you name it.... Money is a tool and if you're not trained, educated or somehow guided on how to use it then it ends up going to the dogs, I suppose! Thanks, Fee Hello Merrill,
I would agree that amount of money to an animal is beyond my comprehension. Trust me when I say that I’m an animal lover through and through, but I cannot imagine the impact a portion of that money could make on the planet as a whole, be it about global warming, poverty, hunger, social security, health-care, abused children, cancer, you name it….
Money is a tool and if you’re not trained, educated or somehow guided on how to use it then it ends up going to the dogs, I suppose!
Thanks,
Fee

]]> By: Ravi Raina http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-30925 Ravi Raina Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:45:48 +0000 http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-30925 Putting the money to good use does sound a lot more sensible/ reasonable. However, just to look at it from a different perspective, perhaps it is not too terrible to have a few crazy people in our midst. Variance from the norm is a part of natural order of things and beneficial for the system in the long run. So let’s celebrate (or at least have a good natured tolerance for) those who think and act differently than ourselves. As someone famous once said ... the progress of mankind depends on the unreasonable man (I think it was GBS who said that). Cheers. Putting the money to good use does sound a lot more sensible/ reasonable. However, just to look at it from a different perspective, perhaps it is not too terrible to have a few crazy people in our midst. Variance from the norm is a part of natural order of things and beneficial for the system in the long run. So let’s celebrate (or at least have a good natured tolerance for) those who think and act differently than ourselves. As someone famous once said … the progress of mankind depends on the unreasonable man (I think it was GBS who said that). Cheers.

]]> By: Lynn Kelly http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-30919 Lynn Kelly Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:28:30 +0000 http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2007/10/15/are-you-kidding-mewho-got-twelve-million-dollars/#comment-30919 I wonder who the successor trustee is? I wonder who the successor trustee is?

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