Zsa Zsa Gabor, actor and socialite, dies aged 99

[malaise]

Nine-times married Hollywood star who attained cult figure status starring in 1950s B-movies has passed away at her home

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The actor and celebrity Zsa Zsa Gabor has died aged 99.

The Hollywood star, arguably more famous for her larger than life personality and string of marriages than for her films, passed away at her home on Sunday, according to US news reports quoting her publicist.

Gabor suffered a series of illnesses in recent years and had to have her leg partially amputated in January due to poor circulation. She suffered a stroke in 2005, three years after a car accident had left her partially paralysed.

In 2010 she reportedly asked a priest to administer the last rites after surgery to remove two blood clots; the following year she had a leg amputated. The last stage of her life was reported to have been spent suffering from dementia.

This spell of ill-health was said to have begun after she was sent to hospital suffering from grief and anxiety over the death of Elizabeth Taylor in March 2011. Her then publicist John Blanchette (who died in 2014) revealed that Gabor suffered dangerously high blood pressure watching TV coverage of the news of Taylor’s death, saying: “Oh, Jane Russell and Liz Taylor – I’m next.”
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Those last years must have been horrific - rest Zsa Zsa

[lpbk2713]

1. She was a frequent guest on the late night talk shows.

Rest easy now.

[Siwsan]

2. The stories and photos that came out, over the past few years, were heartbreaking

She was a stunningly beautiful and vivacious woman. Her exit from this world seems to have been the end of a hard, painful journey. I hope her spirit finally finds some peace.

Two more weeks left in this grief inducing year. I hope its appetite is finally sated.

[malaise]

3. She sure had lots of health issues in recent years

and lots of pain - still 99 represents a lot of decades

[Ilsa]

4. Rest in peace. Those last years

Must have been filled with a lot of anxiety through the dementia with so many of her peers passing.

[malaise]

5. Truthfully I'd rather die in my 70s

than face all her medical troubles - I'll take quality over quantity