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Dogs, Ferrari, strangers -- weird stipulations

News outlets reported this week that legendary broadcaster Walter Cronkite never amended his will to include Joanna Simon, who had been his girlfriend for the last four years of his life. Cronkite's daughter said the newsman never planned to leave Simon, a former opera singer and older sister of Carly Simon, any sort of inheritance, but either way, wills are back in the news.

Tax-troubled celebrities, politicians, outlaws

We hope your initial reaction to this story wasn't "Wait, when is tax day again?" If you haven't filed yet, you'd better hurry. You don't want to find yourself on this list next year.

When you look your age, make a will

I had it all down to a system. Whenever a conversation would turn to the subject of age, I'd casually mention that I was 28, or 37, or 42, or however old I was at the time, and then I'd pause, magnanimously allowing people the beat they needed to acknowledge their surprise and commence with their compliments.

Famously (and famous) bad bosses

You may think you have the worst boss in the Western Hemisphere, but if you've never had to dodge a cell phone, been fired over a breakfast pastry or had your work referred to as "a complete and utter mess," you probably have it better than you realize.

Fortune: The Power 50

"Men don't want women getting to the top. Period," Leona Helmsley told Playboy 17 years ago. Whether the late hotel queen was wrong or not, the history of Fortune's Most Powerful Women list shows that women are getting there anyway.

Trouble for Helmsley's dog Trouble

It seems trouble is following Trouble, Leona Helmsley's beloved pooch.

Trouble's $12M trust fund part of new legal trend

Leona Helmsley's decision to leave $12 million to her dog so it could live out its life in luxury proved once and for all that she was not one of the little people.

Helmsley will: $12M trust for dog, nothing for 2 grandkids

Leona Helmsley's dog will continue to live an opulent life, and then be buried alongside her in a mausoleum. But two of Helmsley's grandchildren got nothing from the late luxury hotelier and real estate billionaire's estate.

Queen of Mean's 'eternity' mansion

The Queen of Mean's last property is fit for a king.

Leona Helmsley, 'queen of mean,' dies at 87

Leona Helmsley, who ran her empire of luxurious Manhattan hotels with an iron fist and went to prison for tax fraud, has died, her publicist said Monday.

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