Sunday, January 25, 2009

I'll Bet...

Zsa Zsa 'loses $7m in US fraud'

By Peter Bowes
BBC News, Los Angeles

Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1986

Veteran actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is said to have lost at least $7m (£5m) as a result of investments with the accused US businessman Bernard Madoff.

Ms Gabor, who is 92 next month, is said not to be taking the damage to her nest egg well (emphasis added).

Link.



...but the Bernie fact of the day is the one surfaced in the long New York Times profile:
He was, for instance, an avid collector of vintage watches and took time each morning to match his wedding ring — he owned at least two — to the platinum or gold watch band he was wearing that day.
Two wedding rings? I don't think I know anybody with two wedding rings. Well, I mean, not from the current marriage.

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