Dan Fogelberg in Deer Isle. Photo courtesy of Jean Fogelberg Musician Dan Fogelberg’s longtime home in Deer Isle was where he took breaks between tours, found inspiration for his songwriting and chose to live the final years of his life. Now, the waterfront property off Eggemoggin Reach is on the market for $2.
4 million, and many of his belongings from the estate will be sold at auction this month. Fogelberg, who is known for sentimental soft-rock hits from the ’70s and ’80s like “Same Old Lang Syne” and “Leader of the Band,” died of prostate cancer in 2007 at the age of 56 while living at the Deer Isle home he built with his wife, Jean Fogelberg. His ashes were scattered in nearby Eggemoggin Reach, the inspiration for his song “The Reach” from the 1981 album “The Innocence Age,” which peaked at No.
6 on the Billboard albums chart. Dan and Jean Fogelberg moved into this house in 2004, the same year he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Photo by Dean Tyler Photography, courtesy of Jill Knowles of The Christopher Real Estate Group Jean Fogelberg is selling the property because she is moving back to her home state of California, she said in an interview last week.
The 6,575-square-foot waterfront house sits on 5.5 acres and is listed by The Christopher Group , based in Blue Hill. “Sometimes in the evenings, we’d sit on the couch in his office and play guitar,” she said, reminiscing about time spent at the home with her husband.
“We had this Beatles.
