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==Personal life== Eva Gabor was married five times. She had no biological children: * Eric Valdemar Drimmer, a Swedish-born masseur turned [[osteopath]] and [[psychologist]]. They wed in London on June 3, 1937, and divorced in Los Angeles, on February 25, 1942 (the divorce was finalized on March 6); Gabor claimed cruelty, saying, "I wanted to have babies and lead a simple family life but my husband objected to me having children".<ref>"Eva Gabor Obtains Divorce". ''The New York Times''. February 25, 1945.</ref> * Charles Isaacs, an American investment broker.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eva Gabor in Hospital |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/12/02/archives/eva-gabor-in-hospital.html?searchResultPosition=1 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 2, 1946 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> They married on September 27, 1943, and divorced on April 2, 1949. * John Elbert Williams, MD, a [[Plastic surgery|plastic surgeon]]. They married on April 8, 1956, and divorced on March 20, 1957.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eva Gabor Wed to Surgeon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/04/09/archives/eva-gabor-wed-to-surgeon.html?searchResultPosition=1 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 9, 1956 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> * Richard Brown, a [[Textile manufacturing|textile manufacturer]], who later became a writer and director.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news |title=Eva Gabor Wed in Las Vegas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/10/05/archives/eva-gabor-wed-in-las-vegas.html?searchResultPosition=1 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 5, 1959 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=brown/> They married at the [[Flamingo Hotel]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], on October 4, 1959, and divorced in [[Santa Monica, California]], in June 1973.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name=brown>{{cite news |title=Notes on People |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/26/archives/davideisenhowerputs-off-politics-fornow-notes-on-people.html?searchResultPosition=1 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 26, 1973 |quote=Divorced: Eva Gabor, widely exposed television talk show adornment, from her fourth husband, Richard Brown, the writer‐director, on grounds of “irreconcilable differences,” in a Santa Monica, Calif., court.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2015-08-21 |title=Palm Springs History - Gabor Family Zsa Zsa Magda Jolie Eva |url=https://www.palmspringslife.com/the-most-wives-club/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Palm Springs Life |language=en-US |archive-date=May 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529222934/http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/December-1996/The-Most-Wives-Club/ |url-status=live}}</ref> * Frank Gard Jameson Sr., an aerospace executive and former vice president of [[Rockwell International]].<ref name="latimes1993">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-18-me-36581-story.html |title=Aeronautics Executive Jameson Dies |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 18, 1993 |access-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306052637/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-05-18/local/me-36581_1_aerospace |url-status=live}}</ref> They married in the Vivian Webb Chapel of [[The Webb Schools|The Webb Schools, Claremont, California]] on September 21, 1973. Gabor became stepmother to Jameson's four children. The couple, however, divorced in 1983.<ref>{{cite news |title=Notes on People |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/22/archives/tunneys-lean-days-notes-on-people.html?searchResultPosition=1 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 22, 1973 |quote=Eva Gabor and Frank Jameson, a business executive, were married yesterday in a chapel on the grounds of the Webb School of California. It was the fifth marriage for Miss Gabor and the second for Mr. Jameson.}}</ref><ref name="latimes1993"/> Gabor also had a long term on-and off affair with actor [[Glenn Ford]] which began during the filming of ''[[Don't Go Near the Water (film)|Don't Go Near the Water]]'' in 1957. They dated between their marriages and almost married in the early 1970s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ford |first=Peter |title=Glenn Ford: A Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICIPWfsWt4wC&q=gabor |location=Madison |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |date=May 12, 2011 |pages=177, 189 and 256 |isbn=978-0-29928-154-0}}</ref> After her final marriage, Gabor was involved in a relationship with TV producer [[Merv Griffin]] until her death.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Jody |date=1985-07-12 |title=Merv Griffin's Birthday Party, Anyone? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-12-vw-9029-story.html |access-date=December 19, 2023 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216044224/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-12-vw-9029-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=1988-06-06 |title=Griffin, Eva Gabor May Marry Soon, Zsa Zsa Says |url=https://www.deseret.com/1988/6/6/18767882/griffin-eva-gabor-may-marry-soon-zsa-zsa-says |access-date=2023-12-19 |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |location=Salt Lake City |language=en |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216044225/https://www.deseret.com/1988/6/6/18767882/griffin-eva-gabor-may-marry-soon-zsa-zsa-says |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eva Gabor Merv Griffin Photos and Premium High Res Pictures |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/eva-gabor-merv-griffin |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Getty Images |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216044224/https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/eva-gabor-merv-griffin |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Reuters]] reported that this was a platonic relationship to hide Griffin's suspected homosexuality.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/people-griffin-dc-idUKN1639738120070817 |title=Merv Griffin died a closeted homosexual |last=Richmond |first=Ray |website=Reuters |access-date=August 10, 2018 |language=en-GB |archive-date=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810235458/https://uk.reuters.com/article/people-griffin-dc-idUKN1639738120070817 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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