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The health of Jay Leno's wife continues to decline following a diagnosis of advanced diagnosis. Mavis Leno, who married the former 'Tonight Show' host in 1980, 'sometimes does not' recognize her husband, according to a new filing by her court-appointed counsel, Ronald Ostrin, obtained by TODAY.com. “According to her neurologist, Dr. Hart Cohen, she has advanced dementia, sometimes does not know her husband, Jay, nor her date of birth,” the filing states.
” “Jay desires to execute an estate plan, including a revocable trust and will, which will provide for Mavis and Mavis’s brother and her sole living heir aside from Jay,” the documents stated. The court documents also stated on several occasions that Jay Leno has handled both of their finances throughout their marriage of more than four decades.
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