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Hargitay Zoltn Biography

American noted family, the son of Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay. On 11/26/1966, at the age of six, he was visiting Jungleland in Thousand Oaks. His mother was being photographed in the compound where seven or eight big cats were chained, animals that were used in films. The six-year old boy wondered into the compound to see the big cats more closely. A lion seized and mauled him, leaving him with a compound skull fracture, three broken ribs and many wounds before the boy could be rescued. He was rushed into emergency surgery, and two days later, again went into the O.R. to have his spleen removed. A week later, he was struck with spinal meningitis. Six months later, his mom was killed in a ghastly car accident on the highway outside of New Orleans, LA. Zoltan was raised by his dad, a caring parent. Read less