Who was Jocelyn Wildenstein? ‘Catwoman’ identified for excessive plastic surgical procedures, dies at 79
Jan 02, 2025 09:36 PM IST
Jocelyn Wildenstein was a Swiss socialite who was well-known for her surgically altered cat-like look
Swiss socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein has died aged 79, her companion confirmed on Wednesday. She was generally known as “catwoman” resulting from her surgically altered feline look. Along with her intensive and excessive surgical procedures, she was additionally well-known for her high-profile divorce from a billionaire artwork seller in 1999.
‘Catwoman’ Jocelyn Wildenstein dies at 79
“It’s with heavy coronary heart and with nice unhappiness that Mr Lloyd Klein publicizes the sudden loss of life of his beloved fiance and longtime companion Jocelyne Wildenstein,” the style designer stated in a press release to AFP. He added that the socialite died “peacefully in her sleep.” Klein tried to wake her up from a late afternoon nap on December 31 to prepare for New 12 months’s Eve dinner. Nonetheless, she was unresponsive.
“Mrs Wildenstein died peacefully in her sleep within the late afternoon of December thirty first, 2024 in her… suite in Paris the place the couple had taken non permanent residence since August of 2024,” the 57-year-old continued, including, “Early reviews from the docs referred to as to the scene point out that she had endured coronary heart failure and handed peacefully in her sleep.”
Wildenstein (nee Perisset) was born in Switzerland in 1945. She turned a New York socialite following her marriage to Alec Wildenstein. Whereas the couple shared two kids, they’d a messy divorce within the late ’90s. She acquired a staggering $2.5 billion in alimony and $100 million yearly to settle the divorce, making it one of the costly divorces on the time.
Her messy divorce earned her the nickname “The Bride of Wildenstein.” She even stored his identify after parting methods. As some media reviews gave her age as 5 years older, she blamed the confusion on folks mixing up her beginning 12 months with that of her ex-husband, 1940. Wildenstein boasted over one million followers on Instagram as she turned well-known for her cat-like look.
Klein and Wildenstein “met throughout New York Vogue Week in 2001 when Lloyd was presenting his style assortment on the runway,” the French couturier stated in his assertion. “She was a front-row visitor and after that present the 2 turned romantically concerned and had remained inseparable since that point. Jocelyne was my finest good friend, my companion, my fiance. She had a zest for all times, and had a depraved sense of humour,” he added.
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