- Title: Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's ashes buried in her birthplace Budapest
- Date: 13th July 2021
- Summary: LAKE BALATON, HUNGARY (JULY 12, 2021) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Hungarian) GABOR'S COUSIN, JOZSEF GABOR, SAYING: "She did a lot for Hungarians, be it for those who fled after the 1956 uprising, or during the polio epidemic, and she did not do those things because she wanted to get into the news." BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (JULY 13, 2021) (REUTERS) GRAVE WITH FLOWERS AND PHOTO WOMAN PUTTING FLOWER ON GRAVE FLOWER PLACED ON GRAVE WOMAN PLACING FLOWER, STANDING LOOKING AT GRAVE
- Embargoed: 27th July 2021 12:52
- Keywords: Frederic Prinz von Anhalt Golden Age of Hollywood Hollywood actress Zsa Zsa Gabor burial in Budapest
- Location: BUDAPEST AND LAKE BALATON, HUNGARY
- City: BUDAPEST AND LAKE BALATON, HUNGARY
- Country: Hungary
- Topics: Celebrities,Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe
- Reuters ID: LVA005ELOD6WP
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: FILE FOOTAGE OF GABOR DURING HER LIFE CAN BE FOUND IN EDIT 1178-HUNGARY-GABOR/FILE
The ashes of Hungarian-born actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, renowned for her diamond-studded glamour, witty quips and nine marriages, were buried in Budapest on Tuesday (July 13) almost five years after her death.
Gabor's ashes were laid to rest in a prominent cemetery in the capital city alongside other famous Hungarian actors, writers and poets, in a ceremony where a gypsy band played and her favourite yellow and pink roses were on display.
Her last husband, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, to whom she was married from 1986 until her death aged 99 in 2016, said in her will she expressed a wish to end up in Hungary.
Von Anhalt said he carried an urn with three-quarters of Gabor's ashes to London, then to Germany and from there to Budapest, using a window of opportunity as border closures due to the coronavirus pandemic eased.
"She was first class, she had her own seat, and she had her passport, everything there" Von Anhalt said.
He said she had wanted to be buried with her father, but he was buried in a Jewish cemetery. Gabor converted to Roman Catholicism when she married hotel mogul Conrad Hilton, Von Anhalt said.
Born Sari Gabor into a wealthy Hungarian family, she was named Miss Hungary in the 1930s. As World War Two approached, she and her sisters headed for the United States, leaving behind her first husband, Burhan Belge, a Turkish diplomat.
One of the last stars of Hollywood's golden age, Gabor would address people as "dah-link" in her thick Hungarian accent. Along with her two sisters, Eva and Magda, she became a fixture on Hollywood's social circuit in her prime.
Gabor appeared in more than 30 movies, including 'Moulin Rouge' in 1952 and 'Lili' in 1953. By the 1970s she began to reject smaller roles, saying: "I may be a character but I do not want to be a character actress."
Gabor's Hungarian cousin, Jozsef Gabor, who was close to her, said he had not been invited to Tuesday's ceremony.
"She did a lot for Hungarians" such as those who fled after the repression of a 1956 uprising against the communist authorities, Jozsef Gabor said.
Three quarters of Gabor's ashes were buried in Budapest. Von Anhalt said the rest of her remains would stay in Los Angeles.
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