Zsa Zsa Gabor has died at 99. As my fellow Hungarican wrote me: ‘That’s it. 2016 worse year ever.’ Zsa Zsa was the last connection to my mother’s world of Budapest and the glory of Hungarian women born before World War Two – a cosmopolitan, very clever, very adaptable, very assimilated, world of superficial beauty, sexual sophistication and a love of jewelry and luxury. A decade ago, when Zsa Zsa first was reported at death’s door, I wrote the following tribute, which I republish here.
“I wan…
