Rush Limbaugh’s widow has sold her stunning Palm Beach mansion for $155 million after quietly listing it last year.
Kathryn Adams Limbaugh, 46, quietly listed the luxurious beachfront property last year for $150 million to $175 million. The former Palm Beach, Florida, resident sold the property in a record $155 million deal.
It sets a new record for Palm Beach, with the last largest sale of $129.6 million for four parcels in 2013 by hedge funder Ken Griffin, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Rush, who died in 2021 of lung cancer, bought the property in 1998 for $3.9 million, which was purchased through a trust linked to Kathryn, according to WSJ. He too bought four neighboring properties to build a 2.7 acre farm.
Kathryn Adams Limbaugh, 46, quietly listed the luxurious beachfront property last year for $150 million to $175 million. The former Palm Beach, Florida resident sold the property in a record deal for $155 million.
Rush, who died in 2021 of lung cancer, bought the property in 1998 for $3.9 million, which was purchased through a trust linked to Kathryn, according to WSJ. He also purchased four neighboring properties to build a 2.7 acre farm.
The mansion, which has its own private beach, was decorated for the most part by Rush himself and features a spacious hall in the style of the Palace of Versailles and has a master suite for guests inspired by the Presidential Suite of the George V Hotel in Paris, the Wall. Reports from the Street Newspaper.
However, real estate experts suggested last year that this could delay ownership, as it can be considered a “sink” for buyers who want a less dated and more modern home.
Limbaugh, a man with a net worth of around $600 million when he died, paid $3.9 million for the main property in 1998. Limbaugh’s ex-wife, Marta, paid $2.3 million for the house at 108 Mediterranean. Road in 2000, and the Limbaugh trust paid $450,000 for the house next door, at 1501 North Ocean Boulevard, in 1999.
An Army of One, a 2010 book profiling Limbaugh by author Zev Chafets, details how the conservative icon heavily decorated the property.
“It reflects the things and places he has seen and admired,” Chafets wrote. The house had a great room reminiscent of Versailles, she wrote, and a huge chandelier in the dining room was a replica of the one in the Plaza Hotel in New York.
The main house has seven bedrooms, a dozen bathrooms, and a two-story library modeled after the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina that contained wood-painted walls and “dancing cherubs on the ceiling,” according to Chafets’ book. The library also has an elevator.
The mansion, which has its own private beach, was decorated for the most part by Rush himself and features a spacious hall in the style of the Palace of Versailles and has a master suite for guests inspired by the Presidential Suite of the George V Hotel in Paris.
The main house has seven bedrooms, a dozen bathrooms, and a two-story library inspired by the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina that contained wood-painted walls and ‘dancing cherubs on the ceiling’
The mansion also includes hundreds of feet of oceanfront property, as well as a swimming pool and golf putting green.
The mansion also includes hundreds of feet of oceanfront property, as well as a swimming pool and putting green for golf.
A 24-hour guard station is among the various structures the Limbaughs purchased to accompany the mansion.
The property also includes a guest house that is intended to be a replica of the Parisian presidential suite at the Hotel George V.
Limbaugh also built his own studio on the property which allowed him to broadcast live every day for the last 20+ years of his life.
It was one of multiple properties owned by Limbaugh, who also owned a condominium on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Limbaugh, the radio icon and ‘voice of American conservatism’, died in February 2021, aged 70, following his year-long battle with lung cancer.
The day after revealing that he had cancer, President Trump invited Limbaugh to attend his State of the Union address, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is pictured in 2020 with his wife Kathryn and first lady Melania Trump as he delivers the speech.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom winner was diagnosed with advanced stage IV lung cancer in February 2020, he hosted his last radio show on February 2 during which he revealed that another host was on standby in case his health will deteriorate.
‘Well, my friends, that’s all. Yet another foray into transmission excellence in the can. I enjoyed being with you today, I always do. And I look forward to the next time,’ she said at the end of the show.
It was in the early 1980s that Limbaugh first gained an audience, airing shows filled with sarcasm and bravado.
Limbaugh began broadcasting nationally in 1988 from WABC in New York. While the know-it-all comment of his quickly gained traction, he was dismayed by the reception of him in the big city. He thought Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather would welcome him.
“I came to New York,” he wrote, “and immediately became nothing, a zero.”
Eventually, Limbaugh moved his radio show to Palm Beach and purchased his sprawling property. Talkers magazine, which covers the industry, said Limbaugh had the largest audience in the country in 2019, with 15 million unique listeners each week.