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Born Youree Harris, Cleo became a cultural icon as the spokeswoman for Psychic Readers Network, where she starred in infomercials as a Jamaican psychic, replete with accent, who used tarot card readings to advise individuals using the pay-per-call service on their futures. It took her months to recover from the accident, but the resulting injuries left the actress confined to a wheelchair.
In , Gabor faced more medical issues when she suffered a stroke. Her health began to seriously falter further in July , when she broke her hip and underwent replacement surgery.
Soon after, she landed in critical condition after a blood transfusion. Then in January , doctors were forced to amputate her right leg when an untreated blood clot led to a gangrenous infection. On March 23, , Gabor had to be hospitalized for high blood pressure when she learned of the death of actress Elizabeth Taylor.
According to her publicist, John Blanchett, Gabor was distraught by Taylor's death, saying "I'm next. In October, she underwent surgery to replace her feeding tube. Gabor's fragile health led her daughter Francesca to file suit against her stepfather, Prince Frederic von Anhalt. The two parties settled their dispute in July , with von Anhalt serving as Gabor's conservator and Hilton regaining visitation rights to her mother.
Von Anhalt had to supply the court with monthly reports on Gabor's health and financial data. Gabor was once renowned as "the most successful courtesan of the 20th century," and reportedly conducted romances with famous figures such as Sean Connery , Richard Burton , Frank Sinatra and even Henry Kissinger. Gabor has had nine marriages in total, although the actress claims she has only had eight different husbands.
Following her divorces from Belge and Hilton, Gabor had a six-year marriage to actor George Sanders, who later married Zsa Zsa's sister, Magda, just to spite his ex-wife. In , she married her last husband, Prince Frederick von Anhalt, a man roughly 30 years her junior. Some royal genealogists questioned this title, however, when further research revealed that Frederick von Anhalt received the title from an adult adoption by Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt.
In the spring of , it was announced that nearly 1, items from Gabor's estate would go on the block at the Hello Dah-lings auction in April. She emigrated to the United States in and became a sought-after actress. Gabor was best known for her extravagant Hollywood lifestyle, glamorous personality, and her many marriages.
You mean apart from my own? Gabor was married nine times.
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