{"id":3098,"date":"2026-01-17T21:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2026-01-17T21:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:28:13","slug":"at-74-jay-leno-planning-for-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=3098","title":{"rendered":"At 74, Jay Leno planning for death,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"223\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"36\">Stepping Back from the Spotlight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"223\">Jay Leno, the 74-year-old former host of <strong data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"103\">\u201cThe Tonight Show,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"223\">is preparing for life beyond public view,<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"223\">focusing on end-of-life plans and a legacy tied to his lifelong love of cars.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"436\"><strong data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"259\">A Career Fueled by Automobiles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"436\">After late-night TV, Leno hosted <strong data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"318\">\u201cJay Leno\u2019s Garage\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"436\">from 2015 to 2022, drawing more than 3.7 million YouTube subscribers<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"436\">by sharing his passion for cars and motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"696\"><strong data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"470\">Health and Family Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"696\">In late 2022, Leno survived a garage fire and later a motorcycle crash.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"696\">At the same time, his wife of over four decades, Mavis, 77,<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"696\">has been battling dementia. In 2024, a judge granted Leno conservatorship over her affairs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"859\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"725\">Legacy and Estate Plans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"859\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Leno is placing his $52 million car collection into a trust.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"859\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">After both pass, assets will fund a<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"859\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">museum through his JDM Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stepping Back from the Spotlight Jay Leno, the 74-year-old former host of \u201cThe Tonight Show,\u201d is preparing for life beyond public view, focusing on end-of-life plans and a legacy tied to his lifelong love of cars. A Career Fueled by Automobiles After late-night TV, Leno hosted \u201cJay Leno\u2019s Garage\u201d from 2015 to 2022, drawing more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3100,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions\/3100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}