FOX NEWS
In January, veteran comedian and retired talk show host Jay Leno filed for conservatorship over his wife Mavis’ estate, a decision he deferred out of respect for his longtime bride who is battling dementia.
Fox News Digital obtained new documents filed by Mavis’ court-appointed council, Ronald E. Ostrin, which noted her current condition. Ostrin consulted with her neurologist, Dr. Hart Cohen, who shared that in addition to having advanced dementia, Mavis “sometimes does not know her husband Jay, nor her date of birth.”
“She has a lot of disorientation, will ruminate about her parents who have both passed and her mother who died about 20 years ago,” it reads.
Following a car accident in 2018, Mavis consulted with Cohen, whom she still sees now. “According to Dr. Cohen,” Ostrin writes, “Mr. Leno loves his wife very much, and waited to bring this matter out of respect to her. He said that Mr. Leno was ‘such a nice man and treats [Mavis] like gold.’”
The couple has been married since 1980, having met at the Comedy Store in the ’70s.
