Richard Pryor‘s former L.A. residence — the notorious spot the place he set himself on fireplace in 1980 — simply bought for a cool $3,619,000.
The Northridge residence was in the marketplace for under 3 months by ex-NFL participant turned Hollywood author Rashard Mendenhall — netting him a substantial revenue, as he’d bought it for $2.5M in 2017.
It wasn’t precisely what Rashard had hoped for — he initially listed the house at $4,236,000, a nod to his NFL profession speeding whole of 4,236 yards — but it surely’s nonetheless a fairly candy deal.
This home is not simply any outdated property — it’s acquired some critical historical past. Pryor bought it in ’76, and it is the place he famously doused himself in rum and by accident set himself on fireplace whereas freebasing cocaine — leaving him with extreme burns on over greater than 50% of his physique.
Regardless of the incident, the property’s an actual gem … 6,000 sq. ft of residing house on a sprawling almost 2.2 acres within the unique Sherwood Forest neighborhood.
It comes full with a gourmand kitchen, library, billiard room, and even a separate visitor home and pool home — every with its personal kitchen.
There’s additionally knowledgeable dance studio, tennis courtroom, placing inexperienced, and the property doubles as a authorized horse property.
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Neil McDermott and Beate Kessler-McDermott with Hilton & Hyland/Forbes International Properties held the itemizing.
