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    Lachlan Murdoch Buys ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Mansion in Bel-Air for Record $150 Million

    Move over, Jed Clampett! News Corp. co-chairman Lachlan Murdoch has paid a record price of roughly $150 million for the 10-acre Bel-Air, California, estate known as Chartwell — including the mansion used in the credits of the 1960s sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” the Wall Street Journal reported.The deal, which also includes the former home of Ronald and Nancy Reagan that sits behind the main house, is the most expensive residential sale in California history, according to the Los Angeles Time