Courtesy of John Blanchette
Zsa Zsa Gabor and husband Frederic Prinz von Anhalt celebrate his birthday in this June 18 publicity photo that was released two days later.Zsa Zsa Gabor appeared to be in a celebratory mood when she toasted her husband's 68th birthday over the weekend.
The 94-year-old actress, who awoke from a coma just three weeks ago, was pictured sipping on a glass of champagne on Saturday as her husband of 25 years, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, looks on.
Lying next to a vase full of yellow roses on her bedside, Gabor is dressed in a black and white robe as she appears at ease in a hospital bed at the couple's Beverly Hills home.
Gabor's joyous occasion at home follows a dramatic year filled with trips to the hospital and emergency surgeries. Since getting hip replacement surgery after a fall at home last summer, Gabor has been admitted to the hospital nearly two dozen times.
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In January, her right leg was partially amputated because of a gangrene infection. Months later, she refused doctor's recommendations to have her remaining leg amputated after her blood flow suddenly stopped. She was treated for pneumonia in February, before acquiring it again three months later. In May, she underwent surgery to reposition her feeding tube in her stomach after it started "bleeding ... like a fountain," said her rep.
Though Gabor appears in seemingly good spirits in the photo, her only child, Francesca Hilton, is fuming mad over the release of the image. Von Anhalt claims that making the photos public will let Gabor's fans know she is doing better and can still enjoy life.
In a statement released through her publicist, Hilton criticizes von Anhalt for allowing her sick mother to drink alcohol.
"He once again uses my mother to bring publicity to himself," Hilton said. "He once again releases photos of my mother in unflattering situations without hair and makeup, two things that were so important to her."
"This time he is feeding her alcohol, which could be detrimental to her condition since she is on numerous medications," she added. "It's disgusting and no one is doing anything about it."
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Von Anhalt and Hilton have been at odds on almost everything regarding the Hungarian-born actress. They have been fighting over her will, with each rewriting it without telling the other. They have also battled over her house and the right to sell it. Hilton has become outraged at von Anhalt for publishing photos of Gabor in her hospital gown, which he claims allows her fans to see that she's happy and not "half dead."
And because von Anhalt thinks Hilton is "crazy," she can only visit Gabor when accompanied by a doctor. As a result, Hilton says she hasn't been allowed to see her mother in more than two months.
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