“She does too much for publicity”, Gabor added.
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Yesterday, the Hungarian actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor died at 99, leaving behind her a life lived to the fullest which included nine marriages, a history of spectacularly witty one-liners and well, a wardrobe of incredible proportions.
In 2002 Gabor was injured in a vehicle crash, and again in 2010 when she fell out of bed.
She continued to appear onscreen through the 1990s, acting in comedies, dramas and even playing herself.
ACTRESS ZSA ZSA GABOR in an 1987 address to the American Bar Association.
“I want a man who’s kind and understanding”, she said.
Her husband Frederic von Anhalt told AFP that she had passed away at home surrounded by her friends and family. All three were known for their outlandish behavior and string of marriages.
In her 1950s heyday, Gabor was the quintessential Hollywood bombshell – nine times married, and hilarious with it. Palm Desert attorney Dale Gribow, who had known her socially for 10 years, was asked to represent the Hungarian actress who called him “Dale Dahlick”. And she left us a treasure trove of snappy quips.. That was followed by a stroke in 2005, a partial leg amputation in 2011, and hospitalization for a severe throat infection in 2012. She knew that there was nothing “glamorous” about confining animals to cramped, filthy cages and then electrocuting or gassing them or snapping their necks.
Gabor died surrounded by friends and family at her USA home on Sunday, her ninth husband Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt said. She famously explained “I never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back”.
During her life of luxury, Gabor purchased a Bel Air villa built by Howard Hughes and owned by Elvis Presley. She was sentenced to three days in jail and ordered to pay Dollars 13,000 in court costs.
In addition to her celebrity status, Gabor was author of 1970s “How to Catch a Man”, considered a how-to guide for gold diggers.
In 1989, Gabor generated a media sensation when she was convicted of slapping a Beverly Hills policeman. She was crowned Miss Hungary in 1936, and from there headed to Hollywood with her sister, Eva. She was discovered by famed tenor Richard Tauber in 1934 and made her first stage appearance in his operetta The Singing Dream.
She had her only child, a daughter, with Hilton.
“A woman who tells her age tells everything, and I won’t tell it”.
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Shortly after, she married her second husband – hotel magnet Conrad Hilton.
