Obit watch: December 18, 2016.

Finally found a reliable source to confim: Zsa Zsa Gabor. (Edited to add 12/19: NYT. A/V Club.)

In 1958 she made an impression as a strip-club owner in the Orson Welles cult classic “Touch of Evil” and appeared in the campy “Queen of Outer Space,” one of her many more forgettable movies. She acted in at least 30 films.

You know, I have seen “Touch of Evil”, but I don’t remember Zsa Zsa at all. (It was a while ago, though. It might be worth watching that again, especially since I think the current version is slightly different than the restored version I saw.)

Well covered elsewhere, but for the historical record: Dr. Henry J. Heimlich, inventor of the epinonimous maneuver.

2 Responses to “Obit watch: December 18, 2016.”

  1. Joe D says:

    She was still alive?

  2. stainles says:

    You’re the second person I know who had that reaction, Joe.

    Her sister Eva died in 1995, and I think some people may have had them confused.

    Also, Zsa Zsa had been in really awful health for many years: I remember hearing about her leg amputation when it happened. And I saw a comment in one of the news articles claiming she’d been on life support for a while. There was also another reference in one of the obits to her husband planning on taking her back to Hungary in 2017 so she could “die in peace”.