World Renowned OG Hungarian Girl Zsa Zsa Gabor Receives Life-Size Statue In Budapest
by HuGirls
Renowned Hungarian actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor, who died aged 99 in 2016 has received a life-size statue in Buda. She had a remarkable career in the United States, winning a Golden Globe Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
A life-size statue will commemorate Zsa Zsa Gabor. The announcement was made at a press conference following the completion of the statue of the Hungarian-born film diva, which will be erected in Mechwart Square in District II. The statue will be unveiled in a Budapest gallery on Zsa Zsa Gabor’s birthday on 6 February.
The life-size statue is known to be the work of János Babusa. It will be located in District II of Budapest, at the corner of Keleti Károly Street and Margaret Boulevard.
The press event was attended by the diva’s ninth and last husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt.
The Hungarian-born actress died in 2016 in Los Angeles, due to sudden cardiac arrest. Her husband wanted to bury her in Hungary, but she was finally laid to rest in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Some of her ashes were laid to rest in 2021 in Budapest, in the artists’ plot of the Fiumei Road Graveyard.
