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Jimmy Buffet Real Estate king Donald Trump has sold one of his famed casinos to singing icon Jimmy Buffet for $315 million, allowing the American singer to turn his Margaritaville fantasy into a real-life tropical oasis right on the Jersey shore. Buffett agreed to pay Trump yesterday for the purchase of his Marina Hotel Casino, one of three, the billionaire holds in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Trump originally asked for $500 million for the 14-acre property, which features a 27-story hotel with 728 guest rooms and a 79,000 square foot gambling area, but reduced the price after lengthy negotiations with Buffet. The singer has already hatched plans to give the place a full face-lift, beginning with changing its name to his famous hit song, Margaritaville, once the deal is finalized at the end of the year. In the meantime, he is already getting plans underway to open the first Margaritaville casino for his company Coastal Marina LLC on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast in two years’ time. The deal...

"Cheeseburger in Paradise" singer Jimmy Buffet was reportedly nabbed with a massive quantity of drugs by French authorities earlier this week.But unlike fellow aging rocker, the 59-year-old Buffet wasn't caught with bushels of pot and mushrooms. According to French media reports, Buffet was found with more than 100 tablets of Ecstasy in his luggage.Buffet reportedly landed in a private jet at Toulon-Hyères International Airport in the South of France on his way to vacation in the ritzy resort town of St. Tropez. French customs officials searched Buffet's luggage and found the pills. But after being detained for the drug possession, the Grammy-winning singer was freed after paying a fine of merely 300 Euros ($380).A spokesperson for Buffet vehemently denied the French media reports, saying customs officials only found 20 pills and that they were simply prescription medication. The spokesperson declined to say what the pills were specifically or to comment on why, if th...