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Michael Jackson s Neverland Ranch sold for 78 million less than the original asking price By Rick Da Conceicao
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The California property once known as Michael Jackson s Neverland Ranch has been purchased by billionaire and former Jackson family friend Ron Burkle.
The original asking price of the Neverland property was $100 million and later dropped to $67 million a year later. While spokesman Frank Quintero did not confirm the purchase price, The Wall Street Journal did report the 1,100-hectare estate (renamed Sycamore Valley Ranch), sold for $22 million.
Neverland Ranch named after the fictional Neverland in the tale of Peter Pan was purchased by the King of Pop in 1987 for $19.5 million. Jackson discovered the location with Paul McCartney when both men were filming the music video for their duet “Say Say Say.”
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Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch sold to Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner Ron Burkle
The property formerly known as Neverland Ranch, home to the late Michael Jackson, has been purchased by Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner Ron Burkle, Burkle’s spokesman confirmed to CNN Saturday.
Burkle is also the co-founder of Yucaipa Companies, an investment firm.
Neverland Ranch named after the fictional “Neverland” in the tale of Peter Pan, the boy who could never grow up was purchased by Jackson in 1987 for $19.5 million.
The 2,700-acre estate once contained 22 structures, including an amusement house and a zoo which housed elephants, a giraffe, orangutans, and Jackson’s chimp Bubbles.
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Frontline workers in Westchester hospitals received their very first doses of the FDA-approved inoculation against the coronavirus.
With a vaccine rollout plan in place and the first doses of Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines arriving in New York, Westchester has begun the lengthy processes of inoculating its population against the horrific virus.
“I’m hoping that this is the beginning of the end, and that’s exactly why I wanted to get the shot today,” says Respiratory Therapist Brian Benjamin of White Plains Hospital. Benjamin is one of five frontline workers to be vaccinated first at WPH, in a special event including hospital staff and White Plains Mayor Tom Roach.