The house was built in 1928 and it's first owner was a photographer named Lansing Brown. In 1934, Brown accidentally shot Russ Columbo, a famous singer at the time that was Bing Crosby’s main recording rival. Clooney said that in the 1950s when she and Crosby would record their radio shows in the house he would refuse to enter the den, which is the room in which Columbo was shot.
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Between Brown and Clooney, the house was the home of composer George Gershwin.
The house was sold in 2003 for $7.75 Million with the plans to demolish it. Then, it was sold again in 2005 to a real estate investor Ned Nik for $9 Million. He demolished the house in 2007 and built the current mansion on the property.