Merv Griffin’s estate for sale for $9.5M

By on June 15th, 2012

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — The California desert home of the late media mogul Merv Griffin has been put up for sale for $9.5 million.

The Desert Sun (http://mydesert.co/KrCrdP ) reported Friday the 39-acre property in La Quinta features a 5,000-square-foot home, an equestrian compound with a racetrack and a lagoon.

The Moroccan-style estate was put up for the sale this week and is the latest celebrity home in the Palm Springs area to hit the market.


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Gerald and Betty Ford’s home in Rancho Mirage sold for nearly $1.7 million in March.

Griffin hosted his own talk show and helped create and produce “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune.” He died from prostate cancer in 2007.

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Information from: The Desert Sun, http://www.mydesert.com/

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