{"id":40154,"date":"2026-02-01T23:44:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=40154"},"modified":"2026-02-01T23:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:44:33","slug":"lenos-final-risky-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=40154","title":{"rendered":"Leno\u2019s Final, Risky Goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He walked out of fire twice. The man who made millions laugh now spends his quiet hours signing papers that won\u2019t make a single joke\u2014but will change everything when his heart, and his engines, finally go silent. His fortune is moving. His scars still ache. 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