Comedian Jay Leno filed legal documents on Friday, January 27, 2024, seeking guardianship of the estate of his wife, Mavis Leno. That's according to court documents obtained by sources like CBS News.
Guardianship is a legal position in which a person is appointed by a court to oversee the financial and personal matters of a juvenile or incapacitated person.
It is reported that Jay Leno's wife suffers from Alzheimer's disease, according to the same source. However, it is still unknown when Mavis was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. It is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain that leads to the death of nerve cells due to the accumulation of abnormal proteins.
Mavis Leno was born on September 5, 1946, and she is now 77 years old. According to sources like PEOPLE, after meeting Jay in the 1970s, Mavis married him in 1980, but the couple never had children.
Jay Leno and Mavis Leno have been married for four decades
American philanthropist Mavis Leno was born on September 5, 1946, and is the wife of a former businessman. Tonight show Broadcaster Jay Leno.
Mavis, a prominent feminist in California, the United States as a whole, and beyond, maintains a low profile compared to her husband. She has chosen to work on the background of the non-profit organizations she supports and mentors.
Since 1997, Mavis has led the Feminist Majority Foundation's campaign in Afghanistan to eliminate gender apartheid. Mavis and her husband gave the organization a $100,000 donation in 1999 to help spread awareness of the suffering the Taliban inflicted on Afghan women.
American author and journalist Melissa Rossi claimed that when Mavis exposed the Taliban's mistreatment of women, she influenced US President Bill Clinton and the leaders of the now-defunct energy company Unocal to change their minds about the Taliban.
Sources like PEOPLE also claimed that Jay Leno and Mavis had a brief encounter in the 1970s after Johnny performed at the popular Comedy Store comedy club in Los Angeles.
According to the same source, Mavis did not believe the 73-year-old Tonight show The host will get married one day, and Jay freely admitted that he “wasn't good at dating.” However, when the two met, everything was different.
The following week, mutual acquaintances formally introduced them. According to Page Six, Mavis once said,
“I always had the idea that I would never get married…but with Jay, I began to realize that this was the first time I was with someone who had a perfect, serene sense of arriving at my destination.”
Not having children of her own, Mavis accepts “full credit.” In 2014, she also told the Washington Post,
“I remember telling my mother when I was seven or eight years old that I would never get married or have children.”
She was later diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Jay Leno filed for guardianship on January 26. According to multiple reports, this diagnosis is,
“The basis of guardianship.”
A guardianship hearing is scheduled for April 9, 2024.
On the other hand, Jay Leno's representative did not immediately respond to Page Six's request for comment. Mavis Leno also did not say anything regarding the same.
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