A Beverly Hills estate, which the late comedian Sid Ceasar called home, is currently listed at $4.25M, reports Variety.
The property reportedly covers almost 4,700 sq.ft. of living space which includes three to four bedrooms and 4 and a half baths.
Built in the 1960s, the great comedian purchased the single-story residence in 1980 (possibly earlier), notes Variety, citing property records. The estate is described in its listing as an "unprecedented opportunity" coupled with "unlimited potential and outstanding possibilities." This may be the case for the new owners, the site explains, as the house may need a lot of renovation like repainting the exterior, updating or removing the wall-to-wall carpeting in the house, change of materials in the kitchen cabinets and getting rid of jalousie windows and upgrading them to more decorative glass panels.
However, even at its current state, the house is reportedly in escrow after just one week on the market! Although the transaction was fast, the buyer of the said property is still not known and the actual purchased price was not revealed yet.
Caesar, who was born in 1922 in New York, had a Polish father and a Russian mother, notes Bio. The comedian started as a musician -- he even played in a high school band. He then landed a job in Catskill Mountains resorts as a comic and also as a musician, says the website.
His funny man antics were discovered by a producer when he served in the US Coast Guard during the second World War, Bio details. He appeared in the 1946 movie "Tars and Stars" and in the 1948 production "Make Mine Manhattan."
His rise to fame started in 1950, as Caesar starred in a Saturday night sketch-comedy program "Your Show of Shows," with celebrities Imogene Coca and Carl Reiner. He received two Emmy awards in the course of his career, as noted on IMDb.
Bio featured a quote of the comedian, and it reads, "The best thing about humor is that it shows people they're not alone." Although he was a comedian, Bio explained that the actor was "long plagued by personal demons." The website added that Caesar himself shared "details of his struggles and his recovery in his 1983 autobiography, 'Where Have I Been?'"
The "Television Hall of Fame" awardee died in Beverly Hills, California, last year, at the age of 91, but he was able to make lots of people laugh, including his very famous fan, the Science genius, Albert Einstein, according to New York Times. He would also be remembered as one comedian who deviated from the use of slapstick humor and focused on absurd hilarious situations that make people laugh, notes NY Times.
