Jocelyn Wildenstein, the Swiss socialite known for her catlike eyes has died in Paris. Wildenstein's partner, the fashion designer Lloyd Klein told the AFP she died on New Year's Eve in a Paris hotel of a pulmonary embolism. Newsweek contacted her manager be email on Thursday for comment.
What We Know "Early reports from the doctors called to the scene indicate that she had endured heart failure and passed peacefully in her sleep," Klein explained. He spoke fondly of his fiancée telling media "an icon has left us." There were conflicting reports about her age at the time of her death, with reports saying she was either 79, 84 or 89 years old.
Who was Jocelyn Wildenstein? The socialite was dubbed "Catwoman" for her alleged multiple plastic surgeries that transformed her features and gave her feline-like eyes. She was born in Switzerland as Jocelyne Perisset and rose to fame as a New York socialite after marrying art dealer Alec Wildenstein, whose name she kept following their high profile divorce in the 1990s. Wildenstein had spoken out about the rumors of her multiple surgeries, attributing her changing looks to her Swiss heritage and different hairstyles.
But last year said she had not meant to change her looks so dramatically. What did she say about her plastic surgery? A post shared by JOCELYNE WILDENSTEIN (@jocelynewildenstein) "I never wanted to change my face," she told French television news channel C8. She also said her changing hairstyles also affected how her face.
