Ted Ammon

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Robert Theodore Ammon (August 30, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - October 20, 2001 in East Hampton, New York) was an American financier and Investment Banker. He became one of the youngest partners at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and was involved in the RJR Nabisco buyout.

Ammon graduated from Bucknell University. He then followed his first wife to London, where he worked as a Barrister. They later divorced. He met Generosa when she called him after he failed to keep an appointment for an apartment she was to show him; they married in 1986.

They adopted a twin boy and girl from the Ukraine Gregory and Alexa, but the marriage soon turned hostile. Generosa's increasing jealousy of Ted seemed to be confirmed when she found a receipt for a divorce lawyer in his desk. They were days from finalizing their bitter divorce when he was found beaten to death in his home adjoining the Maidstone Golf Club course.

On January 15, 2002, Generosa married her boyfriend, Daniel Pelosi. J. P. Morgan took the unusual step of challenging her as co-executor of Ammon's estate. The incident was the subject of an article in Vanity Fair and the made-for-TV movie Murder in the Hamptons, starring David Sutcliffe as Ammon. Pelosi was convicted of his murder in December 2004.

Generosa died of breast cancer in August 2003. In her will, Generosa appointed her nanny legal guardian of the twins; After a long and expensive court battle, full custody of the twins was awarded to Ted's sister.