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‘The Great One’ on a breakaway

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Times Staff Writer

Ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and his actress wife, Janet, have put their estate in the Lake Sherwood area of Westlake Village on the market at $25 million.

The compound has seven bedrooms and 7 1/2 bathrooms in 16,400 square feet. It is on nearly 7 acres and consists of four buildings with panoramic views of the lake. Other features are terraces, gardens, a pool and a tennis court.

The couple has lived in the Georgian-style home since they bought it, custom built for their family, in 2003. Their publicist stated: “Wayne and Janet now have a growing, large family with teenagers with different interests, so they want to diversify and keep their options open.”

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The Gretzkys also have a home in Scottsdale, Ariz., which they bought in 2003 for about $2 million. After 20 seasons in which he dominated the NHL, helping the Edmonton Oilers to win four Stanley Cup championships, “The Great One” became managing partner in 2001 of the Phoenix Coyotes.

He announced this month that his partnership agreement with the Coyotes would expire June 1. There has been speculation that he would be asked to run the New York Rangers. Gretzky, 44, played for the Rangers after he left the L.A. Kings. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman canceled the current hockey season in February.

Nicole Van Parys of Coldwell Banker, Westlake Village Centre, has the listing.

Palisades loses its Dodgers voice

Vin Scully has sold his Pacific Palisades home for $8.6 million. The longtime L.A. Dodgers broadcaster moved to a smaller but newer residence that he bought early last year in the Westlake Village area.

The Palisades home has eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms in slightly more than 10,000 square feet. It is on nearly an acre. The traditional-style house, built in 1980, also has two master bedroom suites and a black-bottom pool.

The home Scully bought has five bedrooms and 5 1/2 bathrooms in 6,300 square feet. The house, on about 1.5 acres, was built in 2000. It was assessed at about $3.8 million.

Scully, 77, has been a sportscaster with NBC since 1982, covering baseball, among other subjects. His contract runs through 2006.

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That 1930s home for ‘That ‘70s’ dad

Kurtwood Smith, who plays Red Forman, father of the central character on the Fox sitcom “That ‘70s Show,” has purchased the Glendale home of actor Mario Lopez and actress Ali Landry. The selling price was about $1.8 million.

The Spanish-style house, built in 1930, was listed after Lopez and Landry split following their wedding in Puerto Vallarta last April.

The house has five bedrooms and five bathrooms in an estimated 5,000 square feet. The living room has a cathedral-style, arched and coffered ceiling. The room was used for symphonic salons in the ‘60s and ‘70s. The home also has terraced gardens and a pool.

Smith, 62, played the sadistic killer Clarence Boddicker in “Robocop” (1987) , and he portrayed the domineering father in “Dead Poets Society” (1989). He is also an award-winning stage actor.

The 31-year-old Lopez starred on the long-running Saturday morning NBC sitcom “Saved by the Bell” before he served as co-host of the NBC show “The Other Half.”

Landry, 31, is a former Miss Louisiana and Miss USA. She also has appeared as a host of “Spy TV.”

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Coldwell Banker, Glendale, represented Smith.

Where jazz legend Vaughan lived

The Hidden Hills home of late jazz singer Sarah Vaughan has been sold for about $2.5 million.

Vaughan died in 1990 at 66. Her adopted daughter, actress Paris Deborah Vaughan, inherited the property.

The home, built in 1965, has seven bedrooms and five bathrooms in about 5,000 square feet. The house, on 1.5 acres with a pool, also has walls of glass in the dining and living rooms.

Elaine Selko and Francine Mayberg of Coldwell Banker, Sherman Oaks, represented both sides of the transaction.

6 bedrooms for ‘Summerland’ teen

Actor-singer Jesse McCartney, who plays troubled teen Bradin in the WB’s “Summerland,” has purchased a Spanish-style home for himself and his family in the Beverly Center area for about $1.4 million. McCartney, 17, is from New York.

His new home has six bedrooms and four bathrooms in 4,000 square feet.

Hollywood Records recently released McCartney’s solo album, “Beautiful Soul.” The actor-singer also had a recurring role in the daytime drama “All My Children.”

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Elise Woroboff of Coldwell Banker, Beverly Hills North, represented McCartney in his purchase.

To see previous columns on celebrity transactions, visit latimes.com/hotproperty.

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