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| '''Generosa Ammon''' (March 22, 1956, ] – August 22, 2003, ]) was the widow of multimillionaire New York businessman ], who was murdered during their bitter divorce battle. Ammon-Pelosi, and her lover ] were both suspects in Ammon's bludgeoning death. Pelosi was later convicted.<ref name=felder>Raoul Felder. , '']''<!-- date?? --></ref> | |||
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| Generosa Rand LeGaye was raised by a single mother, Marie Theresa LeGaye. When Generosa was 10 years old, her mother died. After her mother's death she was raised by various relatives.<ref>Clarencia Cynrae. , celebgalz.com, February 15, 2009.</ref> She graduated from the ] in 1981, and moved to New York to be an artist. | |||
| While working as a real estate agent, she met Ted Ammon when she called him after he failed to keep an appointment for an apartment she was to show him. They married in 1986 and ] a twin boy and girl from ], whom they named Greg and Alexa Ammon. They were about to finalize their ] in October 2001 when Ted Ammon was found beaten to death in his ] home. As he had failed to change his ], she inherited the bulk of his estate. Ammon's estate, according to an inventory filed with the New York State Surrogates Court, was valued at $97 million gross shortly after his death. The document, compiled by his executors, ] (JPM ), detailed Ammon's assets to the last penny. {{cn|date=September 2013}} | |||
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| On January 15, 2002, she married her boyfriend, ], an unlicensed ] whom she met when he showed up at the doorstep of her ] townhouse because he was told she was hiring workers for a remodeling job. Ammon's bank, ], took the unusual step of challenging Generosa as co-executor of his estate. While dying of ], she was offered ] to testify against Pelosi before a ], but refused. She cut Pelosi out of her will, but gave him a $2 million legal settlement which he used for legal expenses. She left her money to her two children, Alexa and Greg. A portion of the Ammon estate created a foundation called the Ammon Foundation. It contains a vast sum of money that will outlive the Ammon children, and is used to support some prominent charities. {{cn|date=September 2013}} | |||
| Generosa appointed Kathryn Mayne, the children's nanny, as legal guardian of Alexa and Greg. She bequeathed a life interest in the house where Ammon was murdered to Mayne to raise the twins. In 2005, however, full custody of the twins was awarded to Ted's sister, Sandra Williams. {{cn|date=September 2013}} In the meantime, Generosa died of cancer on August 22, 2003. | |||
| Pelosi was convicted of Ammon's murder on December 13, 2004. Generosa Ammon was played by ] in the 2005 made for TV movie '']''. | |||
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| | DATE OF DEATH = 22 August 2003 | |||
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