Longtime Chicago radio broadcaster Tommy Edwards and his wife, Mary Lou, in October sold their four-bedroom, colonial-style house in Lake Forest for $530,000.
Best known as a WLS-AM disc jockey during that station’s heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, including as the “Animal Stories” partner of the late morning kingpin Larry Lujack, Edwards later worked at WRLL-AM and finally at WJMK-FM before retiring from radio in 2014. Edwards also is stepping down this month as the Chicago Bulls’ public address announcer after 25 seasons.
Now, Edwards and his wife are heading to California. They first listed their house in April 2015 for $725,000 and took it off the market in October 2016. They relisted it in March 2018 for $689,000 and cut their asking price to $669,000, $649,000, $639,000, $600,000 and $590,000 before finding a buyer.
Built in 1991, the house has two baths, tall ceilings, crown moldings, first-floor hardwood floors, tray ceilings, millwork, a family room with a fireplace, a white kitchen with a center island and granite countertops, and a finished lower level with office space and a cedar closet.
Listing agent Robin Bentley-Gold called the home “a very nice house” but declined to comment further.
The couple paid $725,000 for the house in 2004.
Media blogger Robert Feder first reported on the Edwardses’ house sale.
Bob Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.
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