Diane Sawyer and her Martha’s Vineyard home.Photo:Bob Gothard
Bob Gothard
Diane Sawyer’s longtime Martha’s Vineyard home has officially sold for $23.9 million.
The massive 20-acre beach compound, dubbed Chip Chop, originallyhit the market for $24 millionin August. Set on the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts, the stunning abode boasts 10 bedrooms, nine bathrooms and two half bathrooms.
Diane Sawyer’s Martha’s Vineyard home.Bob Gothard
There is plenty of room for privacy. Chip Chop sits on two separate lots, one featuring 17.4 acres and the second with 2.84 acres. A short walk will take you to 2,000 feet of sandy shores with beautiful views of the waters of Vineyard Sound, which are perfect for swimming on a hot summer day. There’s also the beach on Lake Tashmoo to explore.
Residents can also play a game of tennis on the Har-Tru court that’s featured on the property.
The swimming pool offers stunning views of the Vineyard Sound. During a clear day, residents and their guests could see the mainland in the distance.
The veteran journalist kept the property after Nichols' death in November 2014.
When the two met, Sawyer was working as a correspondent on CBS’s60 Minutesand he was already an accomplished director. He was 54 and she was 40. They were both in Paris but headed back home to the U.S. In a May 2012 interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar winner recalled their first interaction.
“She was hiding in the [airport] lounge because she hadn’t done her hair or something. I found her and said, ‘You’re my hero.’ And she said: ‘No, you’re my hero. Do you ever have lunch?’” Nichols shared at the time. “She wanted to interview me for60 Minutes. I pretended that I was up for it, and we had about 14 lunches.”
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They fell for each other and even their peers could see the sparks. They married in April 1988.
“He’s generous and adventurous and a little wild and utterly kind. It’s that combination of something you’re completely sure of and something dangerous and interesting. And he’s also the funniest man on the face of the earth,”Sawyer once told PEOPLE of her husband.
“He loved Diane utterly, immeasurably, magically,”Julia Roberts told PEOPLEfollowing his death. “True love made Pinocchio a real boy. It really happened, because she loves me and accepts things about me I can’t imagine anyone accepting.”
source: people.com
