Editing Jay Leno (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:President Ronald Reagan shaking hands with Jay Leno.jpg|thumb|left|Leno shaking hands with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] in April 1987]]
Leno has been married to [[Mavis Leno]] since 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.whoswhoinamerica.com/jay_leno/talk_show_host_comedian_writer/occ28/5463136|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090507103811/http://www.whoswhoinamerica.com/jay_leno/talk_show_host_comedian_writer/occ28/5463136|url-status=dead|archive-date = May 7, 2009|title = Jay Leno|work = Who's Who in America|publisher = Marquis}}</ref> In 1993, during his first season as host of ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno|The Tonight Show]]'', Leno's mother died at the age of 82; and the next year, his father died at 84.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jay Leno's Eulogy Does His Dad Proud|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-29-ca-32548-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 29, 1994|access-date=February 19, 2022|first=Howard|last=Rosenberg|archive-date=February 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220014653/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-29-ca-32548-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Leno's older brother, Patrick, a [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] veteran and graduate of [[Yale Law School]], died of cancer in 2002 at the age of 62.<ref>{{cite news|title= Pushed From Late Night, Leno Is Set for Prime Time|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/arts/television/12leno.html|work= The New York Times|date= September 11, 2009|access-date= February 8, 2014|first= Bill|last= Carter|archive-date= July 3, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160703052310/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/arts/television/12leno.html|url-status= live}}</ref> In 2024, it was disclosed that Mavis Leno was suffering from an advanced form of [[dementia]] when the Los Angeles Superior Court granted Jay Leno conservatorship of the couple's joint estate as she experiences periods of disorientation and at times does not know who her husband is or her own date of birth.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jay Leno Granted Conservatorship of Joint Estate With Wife Mavis Amid Her Dementia Battle |url=https://www.etonline.com/jay-leno-granted-conservatorship-of-joint-estate-with-wife-mavis-amid-her-dementia-battle-223120 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |work=Entertainment Tonight |date=April 9, 2024 |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501040637/https://www.etonline.com/jay-leno-granted-conservatorship-of-joint-estate-with-wife-mavis-amid-her-dementia-battle-223120 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Doctor Says Jay Leno's Wife Mavis 'Sometimes Does Not Know Her Husband' Amid Dementia Conservatorship Filing |url=https://www.etonline.com/doctor-says-jay-lenos-wife-mavis-sometimes-does-not-know-her-husband-amid-dementia-conservatorship |access-date=May 1, 2024 |work=Entertainment Tonight |date=April 1, 2024 |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501040628/https://www.etonline.com/doctor-says-jay-lenos-wife-mavis-sometimes-does-not-know-her-husband-amid-dementia-conservatorship |url-status=live }}</ref>

Leno is known for his prominent jaw, which has been described as [[Prognathism#Mandibular prognathism (progenism)|mandibular prognathism]].<ref>{{cite journal|doi = 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1998.tb03729.x |last = Chudley|first = A.E.|title = Genetic landmarks through philately – The Habsburg jaw|journal = Clinical Genetics|volume = 54|issue = 4|pages = 283–284|date=October 1998 |pmid = 9831338| s2cid=40657648  | issn=0009-9163 }}</ref> In the book ''Leading with My Chin'', he says he was aware of surgery that could reset his mandible, but that he did not wish to endure a prolonged healing period with his jaws wired shut.

Leno is [[Dyslexia|dyslexic]].<ref name="carter20090912">Carter, Bill. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/arts/television/12leno.html Pushed From Late Night, Leno Is Set for Prime Time] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703052310/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/arts/television/12leno.html |date=July 3, 2016 }}" ''The New York Times'', September 12, 2009.</ref> He claims to need only four or five hours of sleep each night.<ref>{{cite web| first= Mike| last= McLeod| url= http://www.go-star.com/antiquing/leno.htm| title= The Celebrity Collector: Jay Leno – The Tonight Show's $1 Billion Man Collects Cars and Motorcycles| website= go-star.com| publisher= Norton Printing and Publishing, Inc.| access-date= January 9, 2017| archive-date= May 4, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170504184458/http://www.go-star.com/antiquing/leno.htm| url-status= live}}</ref> He [[Teetotalism|does not consume alcohol]], [[smoking|smoke]], or [[Gambling|gamble]].<ref name= nvmag>{{cite web| work= Nevada Magazine | url= http://www.nevadamagazine.com/index.php/issues/read/classic_cars_and_comedy/ |url-status=dead| title= Classic cars and comedy: Jay Leno talks about Nevada moments and his passion for cars| first= Ann| last= Henderson| date= July–August 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110505192652/http://www.nevadamagazine.com/index.php/issues/read/classic_cars_and_comedy/ |archive-date= May 5, 2011 }}</ref> He spends much of his free time visiting car collections and working in his private garage.<ref name="nvmag" />

Leno has claimed that he has not spent any of the money he earned from ''The Tonight Show,'' but lives off his money from his stand-up routines.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-07-16-leno-cover_N.htm|title=Jay Leno Gears up for Life After 'Tonight'|last=della Cava|first=Marco|date=July 17, 2008|work=USA Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722031907/https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-07-16-leno-cover_N.htm|archive-date=July 22, 2008|access-date=April 25, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://parade.com/49910/jayleno/jay-leno-persistance-pays-off/ |title= Jay Leno |first= Jay |last= Leno |work= [[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |date= September 6, 2009 |access-date= January 9, 2017 |archive-date= January 10, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170110020906/http://parade.com/49910/jayleno/jay-leno-persistance-pays-off/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-12-most-frugal-celebrities-184410272.html|title=The 12 Most Frugal Celebrities|first=Kirsten|last=Acuna|website=finance.yahoo.com|publisher=[[Business Insider]]|date=March 8, 2013|access-date=April 3, 2013|archive-date=March 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328165720/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-12-most-frugal-celebrities-184410272.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He reportedly earned $32 million in 2005.<ref name="forbes">{{cite news| url= https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/207B.html| work= [[Forbes]]| title= The Top 100 Celebrities: Jay Leno: Talking head| date= 2006| access-date= January 9, 2017| archive-date= January 10, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170110201406/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/207B.html| url-status= live}}</ref> In 2014, he received an [[Honorary degree|Honorary]] [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] degree from [[Emerson College]], where he also delivered the [[commencement speech]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emerson.edu/videos/jay-leno-2014-emerson-college-commencement-address|title=Jay Leno - 2014 Emerson College Commencement Address|website=Emerson College|access-date=April 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428180923/http://www.emerson.edu/videos/jay-leno-2014-emerson-college-commencement-address|archive-date=April 28, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from [[Academy of Art University]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academyart.edu/about-us/news/academy-of-art-university-honors-jay-leno-with-doctorate-of-humane-letters/|title=Academy of Art University Honors Jay Leno with Doctorate of Humane Letters|date=20 October 2021|website=Academy of Art University|access-date=June 7, 2024|archive-date=February 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205130344/https://www.academyart.edu/about-us/news/academy-of-art-university-honors-jay-leno-with-doctorate-of-humane-letters/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Obama and Leno.jpg|thumb|Leno with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] in March 2009]]

On November 12, 2022, Leno suffered "serious burns" to his face and hands when a vehicle at his Los Angeles garage burst into flames.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63630772| work= [[BBC News]]| title= Jay Leno: US comedian is recovering after being burned in fire| date= November 14, 2022| access-date= November 15, 2022| archive-date= November 15, 2022| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221115001243/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63630772| url-status= live}}</ref> As part of the treatment, he received a "new ear"<!-- Doesn't say if it's a prothesis -->.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alexandra|last=Del Rosario|title=Jay Leno has a 'new ear' after his latest motorcycle accident? You heard that right|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-03-30/jay-leno-motorcycle-accident-new-ear-face-burns|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 30, 2023|access-date=March 31, 2023|archive-date=March 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330232008/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-03-30/jay-leno-motorcycle-accident-new-ear-face-burns|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 17, 2023, he sustained multiple broken bones after falling off a motorcycle.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/television-jay-leno-los-angeles-8d522894e14efcc697b504eaf039cb42|title = Jay Leno breaks bones in motorcycle wreck months after fire|work = [[Associated Press]]|date = January 27, 2023|accessdate = January 27, 2023|archive-date = January 27, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230127154829/https://apnews.com/article/television-jay-len|url-status = live}}</ref> On November 16, 2024, Leno had broken his right wrist, including tearing the fingernail off his right index finger, and sustained several bruises on his left side acquiring a periorbital hematoma after he accidentally tripped while walking to go have dinner at Dino's Sports Lounge outside the [[Hampton Inn]] in [[Greensburg, Pennsylvania]] causing him to roll straight down a hill landing on the curb.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/11/19/jay-leno-injured-fall-hill/76437358007/| work= [[USA Today]]| title= Jay Leno shrugs off injuries after falling down a 60-foot hill: 'Not that big a deal'| date= November 21, 2024| access-date= November 21, 2024| archive-date= November 21, 2024| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20241121005244/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/11/19/jay-leno-injured-fall-hill/76437358007/| url-status= bot: unknown}}</ref>

===Charity===
In 2001, he and his wife donated $100,000 to the [[Feminist Majority Foundation]]'s campaign to stop [[gender apartheid]] in Afghanistan, to educate the public regarding the plight of women in Afghanistan under [[Taliban]] rule. Mavis Leno is on the board of the Feminist Majority.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hollywood's Latest Cause: Can A Pack Of Celebrities Save Afghanistan's Women? |work= [[Newsweek]] |date=December 6, 1999 |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/90455/output/print |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090410150936/http://www.newsweek.com/id/90455/output/print |archive-date=April 10, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = So Many Causes, So Little Time| first = Susan H.| last = Greenberg| work = Newsweek| date = February 20, 2000| url = http://www.newsweek.com/id/82834| access-date = January 9, 2017| archive-date = June 2, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090602094325/http://www.newsweek.com/id/82834| url-status = live}}</ref>

In 2009, he donated $100,000 to a scholarship fund at [[Salem State University|Salem State College]] (now Salem State University) in honor of [[Lennie Sogoloff]], who gave Leno his start at his jazz club, Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/12/leno_says_thanks_with_100k_check/ |title=Leno says thanks with $100k check |newspaper=[[Boston Herald]] |date=April 12, 2009 |access-date=February 19, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604121114/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/12/leno_says_thanks_with_100k_check |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref>

In August 2012, Leno auctioned his [[Fiat 500]], which was sold for $385,000 with all the proceeds going to a charity that helps wounded war veterans recover by providing them with temporary housing.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web |last1=Elliot |first1=Hannah |title=Celebrity Cars Push Records At Pebble, Jay Leno's Fiat Gets 10 Times Expected Price |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/08/20/celebrity-cars-push-records-at-pebble-jay-lenos-fiat-gets-10-times-expected-price/ |website=Forbes |access-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-date=July 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711035549/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/08/20/celebrity-cars-push-records-at-pebble-jay-lenos-fiat-gets-10-times-expected-price/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{As of|2022|November}}, Leno sponsored two scholarships at [[McPherson College]].

===Love Ride===
Since 1985,<ref>{{cite news|last=Brissette|first=Pete|url=http://www.motorcycle.com/events/love-ride-25-and-california-bike-week-87502.html|title=Love Ride 25 and California Bike Week|date=October 29, 2008|publisher=motorcycle.com|access-date=January 16, 2013|archive-date=March 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303054616/http://www.motorcycle.com/events/love-ride-25-and-california-bike-week-87502.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Leno has been the [[Grand Marshal]] for the [[Love Ride]], a motorcycle charity event which since its founding in 1984 has raised nearly $14 million for charities benefiting [[muscular dystrophy]] research, [[Autism Speaks]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Kisliuk|first=Bill|url=http://www.burbankleader.com/news/tn-gnp-ride-20100720,0,6905220.story|title=Love Ride motors on|date=July 20, 2010|publisher=burbankleader.com|access-date=January 16, 2013|archive-date=March 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303154413/http://www.burbankleader.com/news/tn-gnp-ride-20100720,0,6905220.story|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in 2001, the [[September 11 attacks]] recovery.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=20011114&id=IvkcAAAAIBAJ&pg=5006,1728238|title=Late night host Jay Leno takes point in annual charity Love Ride|date=November 14, 2001|newspaper=[[The Daily News (Kentucky)|The Daily News]]|access-date=January 13, 2013|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706003602/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=20011114&id=IvkcAAAAIBAJ&pg=5006%2C1728238|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Vehicle collection===
[[File:Jay Leno (2078377696).jpg|thumb|left|Leno arriving at the ''[[45th Primetime Emmy Awards]]'' in his [[Hispano-Suiza]] Aero,<ref>[http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/clips/update-1915-hispano-suiza-aero-engine-car/1186522/ Update: 1915 Hispano-Suiza Aero Engine Car] (video), jaylenosgarage.com</ref> 1993]] Leno owns an extensive collection of vehicles, including at least 181 cars and 160 motorcycles as of late 2024. <ref name="DR">{{cite web|url=https://news.dupontregistry.com/jay-lenos-garage/jay-lenos-car-collection/#:~:text=Jay%20Leno's%20car%20collection%20consists,stagnation%20within%20his%20living%20museum.|first=Edward|last=Jones|title = Jay Leno's Car Collection|date=October 29, 2024|access-date = May 6, 2025}}</ref> He also has a website and a TV program called ''[[Jay Leno's Garage]]'', which contains video clips and photos of his car collection in detail, as well as other vehicles of interest to him.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.jaylenosgarage.com|title = Jay Leno's Garage|website = jaylenosgarage.com|access-date = January 29, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080123135425/http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/|archive-date = January 23, 2008|url-status = dead}}</ref> Leno's garage manager is Bernard Juchli.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://totalcarmagazine.com/features/2013/04/06/ja_leno_garage_pt1/|title = Which way to Jay Leno's Garage?|website = TotalCarMagazine.com|access-date = February 28, 2014|archive-date = October 26, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171026163644/http://totalcarmagazine.com/features/2013/04/06/ja_leno_garage_pt1/|url-status = dead}}</ref> Among his collection are two [[Doble steam car]]s, a sedan and a roadster that were owned by [[Howard Hughes]], the fifth [[Duesenberg#Model X .281926.E2.80.931927.29|Duesenberg Model X]] known to survive, and one of nine remaining 1963 [[Chrysler Turbine Car]]s. The collection also includes three antique [[electric car]]s — the 1909 [[Baker Motor Vehicle]] is his wife Mavis's favorite car.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Leno|first1=Jay|title=The 100-Year-Old Electric Car|journal=Popular Mechanics|date=April 30, 2007|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a1609/4215940/|access-date=May 27, 2018|archive-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504012439/https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a1609/4215940/|url-status=live}}</ref> The collection includes at least two tanks. <ref name="GB">{{cite web |last1=Bensinger |first1=Graham |title=Inside Jay Leno's Garage: Tanks, Teslas and a $35M McLaren F1 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LyxjST-o8U |website=youtube.com |publisher=grahambensinger.com/ |language=en |format=video |date= April 23, 2025|access-date=May 6, 2025}}</ref> The most expensive car in the collection is a 1994 [[McLaren F1]] sports car, the first McLaren to be imported to the US, <ref name="DR" /> which Leno says he purchased for approximately $800 thousand in the late 1990s, and is worth at least $20 million today. <ref name="GB" /> The value of the entire collection is at least $52 million. <ref name="DR" />

He has a regular column in ''[[Popular Mechanics]]'' which showcases his car collection and gives advice about various automotive topics, including restoration and unique models, such as his [[MTT Turbine Superbike|jet-powered motorcycle]] and solar-powered hybrid. Leno also writes occasional "Motormouth" articles for ''[[The Sunday Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news | access-date=May 11, 2008 | url=http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/article1746609.ece | title=Jay Leno's million dollar garage | work=The Times | date=May 9, 2007 | location=London | first=Michael | last=Moran | archive-date=July 9, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709154356/http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/article1746609.ece | url-status=dead }}</ref> reviewing high-end sports cars and giving his humorous take on motoring matters.

Leno opened his garage to [[Team Bondi]], the company that developed the 2011 video game ''[[L.A. Noire]]'', which is set in Los Angeles in the late-1940s. Leno's collection contains almost 100 cars from this period, and allowed the team to create their images as accurately as possible.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.giantbomb.com/la-noire/3030-21500/|title = L. A. Noire|work = Giantbomb|access-date = June 25, 2013|archive-date = June 24, 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130624080145/http://www.giantbomb.com/la-noire/3030-21500/|url-status = live}}</ref>

===Politics===
[[File:President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan with Jay Leno.jpg|thumb|right|With President [[Ronald Reagan]] and their wives in 1987]]
Hosting the 2014 [[Genesis Prize]] award ceremony in [[Jerusalem]], Leno made jokes mocking then-President [[Barack Obama]] and then-Secretary of State [[John Kerry]], accusing Obama of "trying to break" the U.S.'s relationship with [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-leno-takes-aim-at-obama-1.5249329|title=Jay Leno Takes Aim at Obama in Jerusalem Awards Ceremony|last=Sommer|first=Allison Kaplan|work=Haaretz|date=May 22, 2014|access-date=July 15, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180716042208/https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-leno-takes-aim-at-obama-1.5249329|archive-date=July 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a 2015 interview with ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', Leno said, "I always considered [[Israel]] as not only the only democracy in the Middle East, I think it's the purest, because every Israeli voter seems to have his own political party."<ref name=jpost>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/I-like-Jews-but-Italian-food-is-better-406505|title=I like Jews, but Italian food is better|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=June 18, 2015|access-date=July 15, 2018|last=Amouyal|first=Noa|archive-date=May 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503044430/https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/I-like-Jews-but-Italian-food-is-better-406505|url-status=live}}</ref> He also added about Israel's relations with other [[Middle East|Middle Eastern countries]]: "Israel is so efficient in defending itself and so good at it, that to the rest of the world it looks like bullying."<ref name=jpost />

In a 2024 interview on ''[[Piers Morgan Uncensored]]'', Leno said that he is "not a fan" of then-former President [[Donald Trump]]. Of President [[Joe Biden]], Leno said: "I like him. I think he's a good guy. And, you know, the economy's doing pretty good!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/jay-leno-donald-trump-not-a-fan-1235805413/|title=Jay Leno On Donald Trump: "I'm Not A Fan"|first=Tom|last=Tapp|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|date=January 25, 2024|access-date=February 7, 2024|archive-date=February 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207071827/https://deadline.com/2024/01/jay-leno-donald-trump-not-a-fan-1235805413/|url-status=live}}</ref>