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Kathie Lee Gifford wants $100M for her gated Connecticut compound: ‘the right time’

Nypost · · 874 words · By Mary K Jacob
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“Kathie Lee Gifford is ready to part with the sprawling Connecticut estate... and she is aiming high with a staggering $100 million asking price.”
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Two independent web search results confirm that Kathie Lee Gifford has listed her Connecticut estate for $100 million.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Francis Newton Gifford (August 16, 1930 – August 9, 2015) was an American professional football player, actor, and television sports commentator. After a 12-year playing career as a halfback, flanker …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gifford
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kathryn Lee Gifford (née Epstein; born August 16, 1953) is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, actress, and author. From 1985 to 2000, she and Regis Philbin hosted the talk show Live…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathie_Lee_Gifford
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Today with Jenna & Sheinelle (also known as the fourth hour of Today or simply Jenna & Sheinelle) is an American daytime television talk show on NBC, co-hosted by Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_with_Jenna_&_Sheinelle
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“Cedar Cliff, her nearly 3-acre waterfront compound in Greenwich’s exclusive Riverside enclave”
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While the property name 'Cedar Cliff' and its location in Greenwich are mentioned in the context of the listing in other claims, the specific details about it being a 'nearly 3-acre waterfront compound in the Riverside enclave' are not explicitly corroborated by the provided evidence snippets, which contain irrelevant results for this specific claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iowa ( EYE-ə-wə) is a landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wiscon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The members of the New Jersey Legislature are chosen from 40 electoral districts. Each district elects one senator and two assemblymen. New Jersey is one of only seven states with nested state legisla…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sunnyside station is a proposed commuter rail station to be served by the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Railroad. Located in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens, New York, approximately o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyside_station_(New_York)
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“nearby Copper Beech Farm, which traded for roughly $138.83 million in 2023.”
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Multiple independent sources (WSJ, Wikipedia, and other web results) confirm that Copper Beech Farm in Greenwich sold for $138.83 million in 2023.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Lauder Jr. (November 11, 1837 – August 24, 1924) was a Scottish-American industrialist. A trained mechanical engineer, Lauder was responsible for many of the technical advancements made in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lauder_(industrialist)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Copper Beech Farm, formerly the Lauder Greenway Estate, is a 50-acre (20 ha) private property with a French Renaissance mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut. For a time, it was the most expensive hom…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauder_Greenway_Estate
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Morris is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,256 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region. Europeans first began to settle…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris,_Connecticut
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“The Mediterranean-style mansion sits on a gated peninsula jutting into Long Island Sound, with more than 1,250 feet of shoreline wrapping around the property on three sides.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic Airbnb listings and unrelated properties in North Carolina; there is no specific evidence describing the architecture or shoreline of the Cedar Cliff mansion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri (Arabic: الدير البحري, romanized: al-Dayr al-Baḥrī, lit. 'the Northern [lit., "Seaward"] Monastery', Coptic: ⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ, lit. 'the monastery of Apa Phoibammo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_el-Bahari
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lavish mansions were built by some of the richest people in the United States before, during, and following the Gilded Age up until the outbreak of World War II. These estates were raised by the natio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gilded_Age_mansions
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Lycian Way (Turkish: Likya Yolu) is a marked long-distance hiking trail in southwestern Turkey around part of the coast of ancient Lycia. It is approximately 760 km (470 mi) in length and stretche…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycian_Way
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“The mansion spans over 15,000 square feet and includes eight bedrooms, sweeping lawns, a dock, private beach access, a tennis court, a pool, a spa, a movie theater, a wine cellar and a professional recording studio.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of botanical information about cedar trees and an unrelated historic house in Kansas; no evidence regarding the square footage or amenities of the Cedar Cliff mansion was found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adam Alexander Breneman (born March 31, 1995) is an American football media personality, former coach, and player. Most recently, he was the tight ends coach for Arizona State where he was the younges…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Breneman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cedar Cliff, a house at 501 N. 9th St. in Garden City, Kansas, United States, was built in 1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It has also been known as the Edwa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Cliff
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cedar Cliff High School is located in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a Camp Hill post office address. The older of the two high schools in the West Shore Sc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Cliff_High_School
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“Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford purchased the property in 1994 for $7.8 million”
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Two independent web search results confirm that Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford purchased the property in 1994 for $7.8 million.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kathryn Lee Gifford is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, actress, and author. From 1985 to 2000, she and Regis Philbin hosted the talk show Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee. Gifford…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathie_Lee_Gifford
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web search NEUTRAL — The villa — known as Cedar Cliff — was purchased by Gifford and her late husband Frank in 1994 for $7.8 million, according to town property records.
https://www.ctinsider.com/realestate/article/kathie-lee-giff…
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web search NEUTRAL — Former "Today" show host Kathie Lee Gifford has put her enormous Connecticut estate on the market for the staggering price of $100 million—32 years after she purchased the expansive abode with her lat…
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/forme…
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“The estate traces its roots back to the early 1900s and once formed part of a grand compound owned by railroad magnate Henry Francis Shoemaker.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of botanical information about cedar trees; there is no evidence regarding the history of the estate or Henry Francis Shoemaker.
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web search NEUTRAL — Cedrus, with the common English name cedar, is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae (subfamily Abietoideae). They are native to the mountains of the western Himalayas and the Medit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrus
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web search NEUTRAL — Naming of species Cedar cones have a similar structure to fir cones. For many years in the past, experts thought they were closely related. Modern scientific investigation has shown that they belong t…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 27, 2023 · Prominent species of true cedars include the Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica), Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani), and Deodar Cedar Tree (Cedrus deodara), with each offering a distinct land…
https://www.planetnatural.com/cedar-tree/
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“Frank Gifford, the Hall of Fame New York Giants star and longtime “Monday Night Football” broadcaster, died in 2015.”
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Multiple independent sources, including The Washington Post and Wikipedia, confirm that Frank Gifford, a Hall of Fame Giant and MNF broadcaster, died in 2015.
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web search NEUTRAL — "Frank Gifford, Hall of Fame player and 'Monday Night Football' broadcaster, dies at 84". The Washington Post.New York Giants players. NFL players with retired numbers. Olympic Games broadcasters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gifford
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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON — Frank Gifford, the versatile and telegenic football player who scored on the field with the New York Giants and off as a longtime broadcaster of “Monday Night Football,” died Sunday. He w…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2015/08/09/fran…
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web search NEUTRAL — Before he found fame as a Monday Night Football broadcaster, the late Frank Gifford was an eye-popping NFL player who did a little of everything for the New York Giants.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2015/08/09/frank-gifford-death-hall-f…
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“Kathie Lee later relocated to Nashville in 2019 after departing NBC’s “Today.””
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the date or location of Kathie Lee Gifford's relocation to Nashville.
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“Listing agent Leslie McElwreath of Sotheby’s International Realty”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the identity of the listing agent for the Cedar Cliff estate.
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