Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor suffers stroke in L.A.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hungarian-born actress and
socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor suffered a stroke and underwent surgery
in a Los Angeles hospital to remove a blockage to an artery,
her husband said on Thursday.

“She is recovering right now, and we have to see,” Frederic
von Anhalt told Reuters. “The doctors are very optimistic that
she will recover. The operation was successful.”

The stroke was the second suffered by Gabor, who was also
the victim of a 2002 car accident that left her briefly
hospitalized with head injuries.

Gabor, who is believed to be in her 80s, came to the United
States with her sisters and mother just before World War II.
She became famous for her glamour, wit and temper in a career
that thrived on her luxury-loving persona and penchant for
calling everyone “Darling.”

Her movie career began with mainstream films such as “Lili”
and “Moulin Rouge,” both in 1953, before slipping into camp
favorites such as “Queen of Outer Space” in 1958 and “Won Ton
Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood” in 1983.

The German-born von Anhalt, who is the Duke of Saxony, is
Gabor’s eighth husband. The couple married in 1986.

In 2002, Gabor was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital with
serious injuries when a car driven by her hair stylist struck a
light pole on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard.

In an incident she later parodied on screen, Gabor was also
convicted of slapping a motorcycle policeman who pulled her
over in 1989 because the Rolls Royce she was driving had an
out-of-date license.

Gabor lists her birthday as Feb. 7 but has always refused
to reveal the year of her birth, believed to be from 1921 to
1923.