Hollywood legend Zsa Zsa Gabor dies at 99

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Born in Hungary, she emigrated to the United States during World War Two and made her Hollywood debut in 1952.

She appeared in more than 70 films, but was more famous for her celebrity lifestyle.

She was married nine times - taking her first husband at the age of 20 and wedding for the last time when she was nearly 70.

Choking back sobs, her husband Frederic von Anhalt told the AFP news agency that Gabor had passed away at home, surrounded by her friends and family.

"Everybody was there. She didn't die alone," he said.

Obituary: Zsa Zsa Gabor

Born Sari Gabor in Budapest on 6 February 1917, the future starlet was immediately nicknamed Zsa Zsa by her family.

Though she had initially wanted to be a vet, her mother had other ideas - and her beauty soon saw show business beckon.

Gabor was crowned Miss Hungary in 1936, but was later disqualified for lying about her age to enter the pageant.

Her resume includes a long list of film roles in such hit films as Moulin Rouge, Lili and Arriverderci Baby.

Her only child was Constance Francesca Hilton, her daughter with hotel magnate Conrad Hilton, who was born in 1947.

Gabor was plagued by ill-health in her later years, and was left wheelchair-bound after a 2002 car accident in Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.

In 2011, she suffered an infection that saw her right leg was amputated above the knee to save her life.

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In one of her many reflections on love, marriage and divorce, this well-qualified practitioner declared: "I never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back."

Although she appeared in more than 70 films, it was her many marriages and celebrity lifestyle that defined her.

As she shimmered her way through Hollywood society, she maintained the air of a Hungarian aristocrat.

She spoke seven languages yet, despite living in California for half a century, never lost her distinctive accent.

She was born Sari Gabor in Budapest on 6 February 1917 but was immediately nicknamed Zsa Zsa by her family.

The second daughter of a soldier and his wealthy jewellery heiress wife, she initially wanted to be a veterinary surgeon, but her forceful mother and her own beauty propelled her in different directions.

Her mother was Jewish, although the three daughters were practising Roman Catholics, a sensible decision in a country whose autocratic leader, Miklos Horthy, had enthusiastically allied himself with Adolf Hitler's Germany.

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In one of her many reflections on love, marriage and divorce, this well-qualified practitioner declared: "I never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back."

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This Hungarian woman – who lost her virginity at 15 to Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey –

Lol, I wonder how it happened. So it was in 1932 and he had 51, as he born in 1881.

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This Hungarian woman – who lost her virginity at 15 to Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey –

Lol, I wonder how it happened. So it was in 1932 and he had 51, as he born in 1881.

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I always thought that Kemal Atatürk was a homosexual

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I think he was bisexual, as many Turks.

And perhaps a bit attracting by teens, then.

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This Hungarian woman – who lost her virginity at 15 to Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey –

Lol, I wonder how it happened. So it was in 1932 and he had 51, as he born in 1881.

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This couldn't be true. It was not possible for a girl like that to meet a queer. This is unless her family sold her like the old days in Middle East. Reach people sold their virgin daughters to rich people.

Anther funny thing about her: 'When I get divorced I always keep the house'.

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Anther funny thing about her: 'When I get divorced I always keep the house'.

I think Zsa Zsa had the right idea - keep the diamond rings and the houses

RIP ZSA ZSA GABOR

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RIP ZSA ZSA GABOR

Yes indeed. May she rest in peace.