TV personality Jay Leno filed to become the conservator of his wife’s estate following her dementia diagnosis.
The 73-year-old former host of “The Tonight Show” filed the paperwork in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday, per USA Today. The documents said that Leno’s wife, Mavis, 77, “presently lacks the necessary capacity” to make her own decisions.
“Unfortunately, Mavis has been progressively losing capacity and orientation to space and time for several years,” the filing says. Mavis’ doctor added a capacity declaration confirming that Leno’s spouse “suffers from dementia, major neurocognitive disorder.”
The filing further states that Leno aims to manage Mavis’ half of their shared property and her assets in a trust and would provide for her and her brother, the outlet reported.
Leno has been married to Mavis since 1980. The couple does not have any children.
Mavis kept a relatively low profile compared to her famous husband, but she was very devoted to feminist causes and has worked with non-profit organizations, including the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan, which she’s been involved with since 1997.
Leno made headlines last year after sustaining third-degree burns following a mishap while working on a car with a friend.
“The fuel line was clogged so I was underneath it,” Leno said in a Today Show interview in December 2022. “It sounded clogged and I said [to my friend Dave], ‘Blow some air through the line,’ and so he did.”
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He remembers hearing a noise right before tragedy struck. “And suddenly, boom, I got a face full of gas. And then the pilot light jumped and my face caught on fire,” the comedian continued.
“I said to my friend, I said, ‘Dave, I’m on fire.’ And Dave’s like, ‘All right.’ I said, ‘No, Dave, I’m on fire.’ And then, ‘Oh, my God.’ Dave, my friend, pulled me out and jumped on top of me and kind of smothered the fire,” Leno said.
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