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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 

Leona Helmsley ruthlessly ran part of hotel empire

Mrs. Helmsley's lust for media attention and her combative style earned her the tabloid nickname "the Queen of Mean."

WASHINGTON -- Leona Helmsley, a self-made businesswoman who helped run the $5 billion New York real estate and hotel empire of her third husband before being convicted of federal income-tax evasion, died yesterday at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn. She had a heart ailment and was 87.

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