Jocelyne Wildenstein
Craig Barritt/Getty ImagesUPDATE 01/25/25 at 10:10 a.m. ET — Jocelyne Wildensteinthe long-time partner, Lloyd Kleinrevealed the probable cause of his death at the age of 84.
Klein said People that Wildenstein died peacefully in her sleep after battling phlebitis, which the Cleveland Clinic describes as inflammation of the veins near the skin due to blood clots.
“Because of his phlebitis, the legs were very, very swollen, the blood was blocked and there was no oxygen to the brain,” Lloyd told the outlet. “And we were taking a nap and when I woke up, I said, ‘Jocelyn, we need to wake up, we need to get dressed,’ and she was cold and she was dead.”
He added: “It’s very sad. … It’s extremely sad to go to bed with your other half who I’ve known for 21 years and wait to celebrate New Year’s Eve and find her with a cold.
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Jocelyne Wildenstein died on Tuesday December 31. She was 84 years old.
Wildenstein’s partner, Lloyd Kleintold AFP that the Swiss socialite died in Paris while staying in a palace following a pulmonary embolism, according to Paris-Match. A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that “blocks and stops blood flow” to an artery in the lung, according to the Mayo Clinic.
An “icon is gone,” Klein told the outlet, noting that he was “suffering” from the loss of Wildenstein.
Before her death, Wildenstein (née Jocelyne Périsset) made headlines for her extreme plastic surgery it made her look like a feline. This work earned her the nickname “Catwoman.”
After his first surgery in the late ’70s, fans began comparing Wildenstein’s eye lift to that of a lynx, which he had as a pet.
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Jocelyn was also known for her marriage to a billionaire art dealer Alec Wildenstein. The two married in 1978 and divorced in 1999. Their separation and legal battle were widely covered by the media.
Alec said Vanity Fair at the time of their separation, he had no say in the number of surgeries his wife underwent, despite reports that he encouraged her to change her appearance.
“She was crazy. I will always know last,” he said, according to The times. “She thought she could fix her face like a piece of furniture. Skin doesn’t work that way. But she didn’t want to listen.
Jocelyne said The times in June 2023, Alec “hired a publicist and paid a plastic surgeon to certify that I had completely changed my face” so he could “win the divorce”.
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However, it was Jocelyn – who was also nicknamed “Wildenstein’s Bride” in the press due to her surgeries – who ultimately won. She reportedly received $2.5 billion in the divorce.
She would have received an additional $100 million for each of the next 13 years. “They will live happily ever after, but separately,” Alec’s lawyer reportedly said at the time. The times. (Alec died in 2008 after a battle with cancer.)
Jocelyn joined Klein in 2003, whom she met after attending one of his Lloyd Klein Couture fashion shows. The designer reportedly proposed to Jocelyn in 2017 at the Versace Mansion in Miami.
In 2023, Klein claimed that Jocelyn ran out of money. She then claimed that she had not received any payments from the Wildensteins since 2015, leading her to declare bankruptcy three years later.
“I have a huge problem with my settlement,” said Jocelyn The times in June 2023. “For eight years, they have completely cut off my food. » Her lack of funds led Jocelyn to star in her own HBO docuseries in 2023.
Jocelyn is survived by her and Alec’s children, her son Alec Jr. and her daughter Diane.
