Four months after Ted's death, Generosa married Daniel Pelosi on January 15, 2002; she died of breast cancer on August 22, 2003.
In 1983, following his legal work on a KKR deal (and his divorce from his first wife), Ammon was recruited by the private equity firm, which specialized in leveraged buyouts.
He joined his colleagues in becoming a multimillionaire and was quoted numerous times in the book Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco.
Russ Baker in the May 2002 issue of Gotham said "He was along for the wild ride as KKR grew into one of Wall Street's most aggressive and storied leveraged buyout outfits."
Through more than 30 acquisitions, the firm diversified geographically and became a leading international supplier of integrated marketing services, including high-value printing, advertising, and imaging technology.
These ventures directly invested in both public and non-public companies and in such general areas as technology, media, marketing and management services, and the internet.
The specific fields of these companies included print and digital technology, diagnostic radiology, long-distance telephone service, and biopharmaceutical innovation.
Two of the most profitable investments were in Moore Corporation Limited, a Vertis competitor, and National Imaging Associates, Inc., a provider of health care services.
While working as a real estate agent, Generosa met Ted Ammon when she called him after he failed to keep an appointment for an apartment she was to show him.
They were days from finalizing their divorce when, on October 22, 2001, he was found stunned then bludgeoned to death in his weekend home in East Hampton.
[citation needed] On January 15, 2002, Generosa married Daniel Pelosi, then sold the properties she had owned jointly with Ammon.
Pelosi was convicted of Ammon's murder in December 2004, and he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison; he continues to maintain his innocence.
[citation needed] With a total net worth of some $100 million, Ammon created the largest scholarship fund at Bucknell University.
"My father's deep commitment to Jazz at Lincoln Center inspired my sister Alexa and I to continue his legacy with this naming gift for the preservation and perpetuation of the music he loved so much.
[citation needed] Thousands of people attended a Manhattan memorial service for Ammon in Alice Tully Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Full custody of the twins was awarded to Ammon's sister; they spent the remainder of their childhood with her in Huntsville, Alabama.
According to an inventory filed with the New York State Surrogates Court, Ammon's estate was valued at $97 million shortly after his death.
Just four months after Ted's murder, on January 15, 2002, she married her boyfriend Daniel Pelosi, an unlicensed electrician whom she met when he showed up at the doorstep of her Manhattan townhouse because he was told she was hiring workers for a remodeling job.
She left her estate to her two children, Alexa and Greg; however, their inheritance was only $1 million each "after taxes, attorneys’ fees and funds lost to Pelosi's squandering.
[20][21] He pleaded guilty to witness tampering in his murder trial in exchange for dropping criminal charges against his first wife Tami and his new fiancée, Jennifer.
[22] As of August 2022, Pelosi is incarcerated under Department Identification Number (DIN) 05A2706 at the Auburn Correctional Facility and will be eligible for parole on October 14, 2031, at the age of 67.
[24] In May 2012, the Dr. Phil show, episode titled "High Society Whodunit: Murder in the Hamptons", interviews Pelosi behind bars.