Rush Limbaugh’s widow sells Palm Beach compound for $155M

The widow of late conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh sold their longtime oceanfront compound for $155 million, after shopping the property off-market for eight months.

Records show Kathryn Adams Limbaugh sold the homes at 1495 North Ocean Boulevard, 1501 North Ocean Boulevard, and 108 Mediterranean Road to a Delaware entity named for the address, 1495 N Ocean Blvd LLC. The true buyer is unknown.

The property was never listed on the Multiple Listing Service, and Adams Limbaugh’s broker is unknown. The widow began quietly shopping the estate in July, reportedly asking $150 million to $175 million.

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III died in Palm Beach in February 2021. He was a controversial political firebrand and commentator, and the author of seven books. His radio show, the Rush Limbaugh Show, first aired in 1984 and became one of the most-listened to radio show in the country, according to multiple outlets.

His Palm Beach neighbor, Donald Trump, awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom during the 2020 State of the Union Address.

Adams Limbaugh was Rush Limbaugh’s fourth and final wife. The couple met in 2004, when he was married to his third wife, Marta Fitzgerald, according to published reports. They married in 2010.  

Rush Limbaugh bought the three properties that made up his Palm Beach compound in the late 1990s, during his marriage to Fitzgerald, according to property records. He bought the two North Ocean Boulevard homes, and she bought the Mediterranean Road home, records show. 

The compound spans a total of 2.7 acres, with a main 16,600-square-foot mansion, a 2,900-square-foot house, and a 2,200-square-foot house, records show. The homes have a combined 13 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms. The mansion at 1495 North Ocean Boulevard was built in 1992. The house at 1501 North Ocean Boulevard was built in 1951, and the 108 Mediterranean Road house was built in 1934, records show.

The property has about 250 feet of oceanfront.

The sale launches the compound into the stratosphere of Palm Beach’s trophy properties, ultra-luxury estates sold for $50 million or more. The island is a hub of trophy real estate, and home to some of the most expensive mansions sold in the U.S.

The Limbaugh compound’s $155 million sale price comes close to — but does not break — Florida’s residential real estate price record.

Larry Ellison, billionaire co-founder of Oracle, bought a nearby oceanfront estate in Manalapan for $173 million in June of last year, setting the price record for home sales in Florida. That beat the record set by Tiger Global Management’s Scott Shleifer, who bought an oceanfront Palm Beach mansion for $122.7 million in 2021.