NEW YORK, June 9 (UPI) -- Leona Helmsley's Maltese, Trouble, has died after several years in Florida as one of the world's richest dogs, the pet's caretaker said.
A spokeswoman for Carl Lekic, general manager of the Helmsley Sandcastle hotel in Sarasota, said Trouble had been cremated, the New York Daily News reported. Sources told the newspaper that Trouble, 12, had become blind and suffered from other ailments when she passed away in December.