TV & VIDEO - June 7, 1988

Will wedding bells soon ring for longtime daters Merv Griffin and Eva Gabor? Sister Zsa Zsa says yea, but a publicist for the talk show host-turned-multimillionaire real-estate baron says nay. During a Saturday reception at the Rialto Theater in South Pasadena, big sister Zsa Zsa reportedly gushed, “Eva is going to marry Merv Griffin. I’m not supposed to tell, but I just can’t shut up.” However, an assistant to Griffin’s publicist, Warren Cowan maintained, “It’s not true.” Other revelations from the former Miss Hungary of 1936 on sister Eva: “She’s the one who was on ‘Green Acres.’ You know, the little innocent one, but she’s not that innocent.” By the latest count, this will be the sixth marriage for Eva Gabor, reportedly 67. Griffin, 63, has been married once before.