Nick Nolte, 'madman of Malibu,' sells his storied home
If only these walls -- or the massive "foo dog" statues guarding the threshold -- could talk.
Actor Nick Nolte recently sold 2 acres of the 6 acres he owns in Malibu, including the 6,000-square-foot main house and 2,400-square-foot guesthouse formerly owned by Tommy Chong (of Cheech and Chong) and Don Felder of the Eagles, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The buyer paid $3.9 million. Nolte initially sought $8.25 million.
Nolte began assembling the compound almost 25 years ago, and is now downsizing into a portion of it. That means the new owner will have him as a neighbor in Bonsall Canyon.
The home has featured prominently in a couple of long-form magazine pieces over the years. Their titles alone give a sense of the goings-on the estate must have seen. GQ's profile, from January 2012, is called "The Madman of Malibu."
And then there's the headline and subhead of Esquire's 1999 profile.
Nick Nolte Has a Drawer Full of Tourniquets
It's next to the one labeled "syringes." Take a peek inside the laboratory with Malibu's mad scientist.
We've culled some of the most -- bizarre? poignant? hair-raising? -- well, interesting anecdotes in our gallery.
Click here or on a photo for a slideshow of the estate just sold by "madman of Malibu" Nick Nolte.
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