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Zsa Zsa Lost Millions to Madoff

Madoff not so 'darling' to actress, 91, who's out up tp $10M

By Amelia Atlas, Newser User

Posted Jan 25, 2009 4:51 AM CST

(Newser) – Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has lost as much as $10 million to accused Ponzi scheme swindler Bernard Madoff, Reuters reports. The actress, 91, is not taking the recently discovered losses well, according to her lawyer. The Hungarian-born cinematic darling of the 1950s and '60s— who chalked up a string of rich husbands—suffered a stroke in 2005.

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Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor and then-husband Herbert Hutner arrive for the New York premier of the film "The Ugly American" in 1963. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

Zsa Zsa Gabor poses for a photo in Los Angeles in 1968. (AP Photo/File)

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Zsa Zsa Lost Millions to Madoff