Revealing the cause of death of social activist Jocelyn Wildenstein

The headline-grabbing celebrity, known for extensive facial surgeries that gave her cat-like features, died in her sleep on New Year’s Eve at the age of 84.

According to her longtime partner, Lloyd Klein, Wildenstein was preparing to ring in 2025, and appeared to be in “perfect” health just days ago.

Just one day after Wildenstein’s sudden death, Klein offered insight into how his beloved’s final hours went.

“We had a nice happy hour that same night, and we were getting ready for the new year, and we took a little nap just to look good before getting dressed,” the famous fashion designer said.

Klein says he woke up first, then tried to get Wildenstein to wake up to no avail.

“I said, ‘Jocelyn, we’ve got to get up, we’ve got to get dressed,’ and she was cold and dead,” he recalled.

What made matters sadder, according to Klein, was that Wildenstein had been in “perfect” health just days before.

“We were at the Ritz two days ago. We were having dinner,” he explained.

“Before that, we had come for Chanel Fashion Week. Everything was good, everything was good.”

Peer Klein suffered from a condition known as phlebitis, which causes inflammation of the veins due to damage to the vein walls or blood clots that block flow.

Wildenstein’s grandmother was also said to have suffered from the condition.

Klein claimed that his partner’s legs were significantly affected by the diagnosis, causing them to swell and become blocked by a pulmonary embolism.

“Because of the phlebitis, her legs were very swollen,” he said. the people“The blood was blocked and there was no oxygen to the brain.”

Klein, who was first associated with Wildenstein in 2003, is understandably deeply saddened by the loss.

“It’s very sad to lie down with your other half who (I’ve known) for 21 years, waiting to celebrate New Year’s Eve, and (instead) find it cold,” he said.

The media personality, nicknamed “Catwoman” and “The Bride of Wildenstein” in the press, came to public prominence in 1999 following her divorce from art dealer Art Wildenstein.

In 1998 he was exposed in Vanity galleryArt, who eloped with Gosselin at a Vegas wedding in 1978, claimed he tried to convince her to see reason and accept her natural appearance.

“She was thinking she could fix her face like a piece of furniture. Skin doesn’t work that way, but she didn’t listen,” he said.

During their marriage, Wildenstein underwent numerous facelifts and facial reconstruction surgeries, resulting in her infamous cat-like appearance, consisting of arched eyes and somewhat exaggerated cheekbones.

Art, who also went under the knife more than once, eventually left his wife for a 21-year-old Russian woman named Yelena Garikova. After an angry Jocelyn discovers the two in bed together, she arrests Art.

This can cause once amicable divorce proceedings to turn ugly.

“It appears that my husband is no longer of use to me, preferring that we spend our fortune on his girlfriend,” Jocelyn said in court documents.

The contentious divorce proceedings continued for two years, culminating in Ms. Wildenstein walking away with a $2.5 billion settlement.

Two years later, she met Lloyd.

“Jocelyn is a wonderful lady,” he told the media in 2016, adding: “She is very classy and she is a woman with great taste.”

Although the public viewed her as a rich singer, Klein will reveal In 2023, his partner used her wealth to help others by creating water sources in Africa, and opening several clinics on the continent to care for animals.

“She’s known for plastic surgery, but I don’t know that that’s what she should be known for because she’s done a lot of great things in her life. Major, major, major accomplishments,” he noted.

Although she was never shy about undergoing surgery, Wildenstein, who compared her face to that of a lynx rather than that of a regular cat, claimed that her memorable features were improvements on those she already had.

“If I showed you pictures of my grandmother, what you would see are these eyes — cat eyes — and high cheekbones,” she once said.

Wildenstein is survived by Cline and her two children, Diane and Alec Jr., from her previous marriage.