2007 Death Leona Helmsley, dies of congestive heart failure at 87, in Greenwich, Connecticut 1992 Event Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion 1992 Event Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion 1948 Birthday Leona Mitchell, Enid Oklahoma, soprano, Musetta-La Boheme 1943 Birthday Leona Williams, singer and songwriter, Ladies Get the Blues 1920 Birthday Leona Helmsley, born in New York, billionaire hotel operator, real estate investor, convicted of tax evasion
