Jocelyne Wildenstein, jet-set figure nicknamed “the cat woman” due to her numerous recourse to cosmetic surgery, died Tuesday December 31 in Paris, her companion told AFP on Wednesday, confirming information from the celebrity press.
“Her companion Lloyd Klein is saddened to announce the death of Jocelyn Wildensetein in Paris at the age of 79”he told AFP on Wednesday. A “icon is gone”. She died of a pulmonary embolism in a Parisian palace, he said.
Followed by 1.1 million subscribers on InstagramJocelyn Wildenstein was known for her numerous facial cosmetic procedures and the legends surrounding her physical transformation, with some saying that she desperately wanted to look like a feline, or that she had spent millions to achieve it.
Ex-wife of Alec Wildenstein
Living between New York and Miami, she recently gave several television interviews in Francewhere she returned to her highly publicized divorce and her cosmetic surgery operations.
“My (ex)husband thought it was a great ad to put out during the divorce.”she recently said in a show presented by Cyril Hanouna.
Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, on September 7, 1945, Jocelyn Perisset entered the world of New York high society by marrying art dealer Alec Wildensteinwhose surname she kept after their divorce in 1998, and with whom she had two children.
