Toluca Lake Mansion and Golf Course, LA
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Toluca Lake Mansion in Los Angeles
May 20, 2022
Toluca Lake Mansion and Golf Course, LA
Hope?s full-time home in Toluca Lake has a one-hole golf course and is now on the market at $29 million
Location: Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, Southern California, USA
Source: TopTenRealEstateDeals
Bob Hope Estate With His Own Mini-Golf Course!
Bob Hope was not only the penultimate entertainer, he was also a passionate golfer. He loved golf so much that in one of his famous quotes he said, ?Golf is my real profession. Entertainment is just a sideline. I tell jokes to pay my greens fees.? What was Hope?s full-time home in Toluca Lake has a one-hole golf course, designed by Hope himself, with two tee positions. That home has currently hit the market at $29 million.
Born in London in 1903 with a big name, Leslie Townes Hope, he emigrated to the U.S. with his parents at age four. His distinctive appearance with the well-recognized ski-jump nose came from reconstructive surgery after his face was crushed by a falling tree while helping his brother cut trees.
By age 20, he was on his career path starting in radio with his one-liners and quick, mostly self-deprecating jokes and it wasn?t long before he was on his way to Hollywood. Hope was the whole package that Hollywood demanded back in the day. Stars were expected, and were trained, to sing, dance and act by the studios. Hope ...
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