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In the NBC sitcom 30 Rock episode "Black Tie" a "Gerhardt Habsburg" is presented as the last living member of the family. Gerhardt is wheelchair-bound and appears to be strongly afflicted with hereditary frailties and multiple medical conditions. In the episode the 25th birthday party for the prince is termed the social event of the year in New York City. Unfortunately the prince is inadvertently served champagne, and having a metabolism that is unable to handle grapes, Gerhardt dies, thus making the house of Habsburg extinct.
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