{"id":12543,"date":"2026-01-17T21:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=12543"},"modified":"2026-01-17T21:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:29:20","slug":"at-74-jay-leno-planning-for-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=12543","title":{"rendered":"At 74, Jay Leno planning for death,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Stepping Back from the Spotlight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jay Leno, the 74-year-old former host of&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThe Tonight Show,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>is preparing for life beyond public view,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>focusing on end-of-life plans and a legacy tied to his lifelong love of cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Career Fueled by Automobiles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After late-night TV, Leno hosted&nbsp;<strong>\u201cJay Leno\u2019s Garage\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>from 2015 to 2022, drawing more than 3.7 million YouTube subscribers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by sharing his passion for cars and motorcycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Health and Family Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late 2022, Leno survived a garage fire and later a motorcycle crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, his wife of over four decades, Mavis, 77,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>has been battling dementia. In 2024, a judge granted Leno conservatorship over her affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legacy and Estate Plans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leno is placing his $52 million car collection into a trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After both pass, assets will fund a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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&nbsp;\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&nbsp;\u201cJay Leno\u2019s Garage\u201d from 2015 to 2022, drawing more than 3.7&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12545,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12543\/revisions\/12545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}