Jack Nicholson To Turn Brando's Estate Into Botanical Bachelor Paradise
As legal wranglings continue to cloud the fate of Marlon Brando's Tahitian estate, the deceased legend's local real estate holdings—i.e. the delapidated, mold-infested Mulholland Drive property friend and neighbor Jack Nicholson snapped up for $6.5 million upon his death—has a firm date with wrecking ball, the NY Daily News reports:
The Times of London says Nicholson, 69, is planning to demolish it and plant frangipani flowers on the plot.
Brando had called his home Frangipani, after the cream and yellow flower beloved by Buddhists.
Nicholson told the paper it would be too expensive to restore the "derelict" house, which has been contaminated by mold.
We applaud Nicholson's decision not to use the purchase to add yet another wing to his already expansive dwellings, but instead to turn the land into a beautiful, botanical memorial to his old pal. It should turn out to be tribute that keeps on giving, as Nicholson, whenever offering a tour of his grounds to any young, female companion, can now add a special stop to "Brando's Garden," taking the extra time to smell the frangipanis, and perhaps pluck a bloom while he's there.