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Westchester's Own Richard Gere Plans To Leave US After Selling Nearby Mansion: Report Westchester's Own Richard Gere Plans To Leave US After Selling Nearby Mansion: Report
Westchester's Own Richard Gere Plans To Leave US After Selling Nearby Mansion: Report Richard Gere is leaving the United States.  No, this isn't some Hollywood hunk's hokum over politics. The "Pretty Woman" star — who recently sold his Connecticut estate — is leaving the country to be closer to family. The 75-year-old's wife Alejandra Silva is from La Coruña, Spain, and he wants to live closer to his in-laws, according to an interview he gave earlier this year to Vanity Fair Spain.  Related: Richard Gere Sells New Canaan Estate That Belonged To Paul Simon For $10.75M “For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends, and h…

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by Josh Lanier
Real Estate
Westchester's Richard Gere Identified As Buyer Of Paul Simon's Fairfield County Estate Westchester's Richard Gere Identified As Buyer Of Paul Simon's Fairfield County Estate
Westchester's Richard Gere Identified As Buyer Of Paul Simon's Fairfield County Estate To say Richard Gere has been active in the real estate market in the region would be quite an understatement. The popular actor moved from one Northern Westchester County town to another one early last year when he moved to North Salem after listing his property in Pound Ridge for $28 million. (The Pound Ridge sale price wound up being around $24 million.) Now, the 74-year-old Gere, best known for his roles in the movies "Pretty Woman," and "An Officer and a Gentleman," has been identified as the buyer of a country estate in Fairfield County that was owned by singer-songwriter Paul Simon&nb…

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by Joe Lombardi
Real Estate
Paul Simon, Edie Brickell Sell Fairfield County Estate At $6 Million Loss, Report Says Paul Simon, Edie Brickell Sell Fairfield County Estate At $6 Million Loss, Report Says
Paul Simon, Edie Brickell Sell Fairfield County Estate At $6 Million Loss, Report Says Singer-songwriter Paul Simon and his wife Edie Brickell have sold their Connecticut estate at a significant loss, according to a brand-new report. The Fairfield County property, located in New Canaan, sold for $10.8 million on Friday, July 1, according to listing records, Mansion Global reports. The couple had purchased the 32-acre property from the estate of investor Charles A. Dana Jr. for $16.5 million in 2002, according to the report, which noted that Dana had owned the estate for almost half a century. The Brookwood Lane estate was originally built in 1938. In 2019, Simon and Br…

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by Joe Lombardi
Real Estate
Paul Simon's New Canaan Estate Hits Market At $13.9M Paul Simon's New Canaan Estate Hits Market At $13.9M
Paul Simon's New Canaan Estate Hits Market At $13.9M Music legend Paul Simon’s Fairfield County estate can be yours for $13.9 million. The man famed for such hits as “Mrs. Robinson” and “The Sound of Silence” listed his New Canaan property this week for $13.9 million, which is 16 percent less than he purchased it for in 2012, according to the Wall Street Journal. Simon and his wife, singer Edie Brickell raised their three children at the Brookwood Lane estate, which was originally built in 1938. "The first thing we thought when we moved from Manhattan was 'Wow! We have our own park'," Simon said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal. "It…

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by Zak Failla