Leona Helmsley wurde am 4 Juli 1920 in Marbletown, New York, USA geboren. Sie war mit Harry Helmsey, Joseph Lubin und Leo Panzirer verheiratet. Sie starb am 20 August 2007 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
(March 31, 1982) Her only child, a son named Jay Panzirer with her 1st husband Leo Panzirer (who made her a grandmother of 4) died of a heart attack resulting from arrhythmia at the age of 42.