Richard Pryor’s Former Home Where He Lit Himself on Fire Sells for $3.6M

Richard Pryor‘s former L.A. residence — the notorious spot the place he set himself on fireplace in 1980 — simply bought for a cool $3,619,000.

The Northridge residence was available on the market for under 3 months by ex-NFL participant turned Hollywood author Rashard Mendenhall — netting him a substantial revenue, as he’d bought it for $2.5M in 2017.

It wasn’t precisely what Rashard had hoped for — he initially listed the home at $4,236,000, a nod to his NFL profession speeding whole of 4,236 yards — nevertheless it’s nonetheless a reasonably candy deal.

This home is not simply any outdated property — it’s obtained some severe historical past. Pryor bought it in ’76, and it is the place he famously doused himself in rum and unintentionally set himself on fireplace whereas freebasing cocaine — leaving him with extreme burns on over greater than 50% of his physique.

Regardless of the incident, the property’s an actual gem … 6,000 sq. ft of dwelling house on a sprawling practically 2.2 acres within the unique Sherwood Forest neighborhood.

It comes full with a gourmand kitchen, library, billiard room, and even a separate visitor home and pool home — every with its personal kitchen.

There’s additionally knowledgeable dance studio, tennis court docket, placing inexperienced, and the property doubles as a authorized horse property.