‘Catwoman’ Jocelyn Wildenstein, known for extreme plastic surgery addiction, dead at 84
NY Post
Jocelyn Wildenstein, the New York socialite nicknamed “The Catwoman,” has died. She was 84.
Her partner, Lloyd Klein, reportedly told AFP that Wildenstein died of a pulmonary embolism in a Parisian palace on Tuesday, per Daily Mail.
A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that blocks and stops blood flow to an artery in a lung, according to the Mayo Clinic.
The blood clot typically forms in a deep vein in a person’s leg and then travels to the lung. In rare cases, the clot can form in a vein in another part of the body.
Wildenstein, known for her catlike features and addiction to plastic surgery, first made headlines in the late ’90s when she divorced her wealthy art collector husband, Alec Wildenstein, after discovering him “in bed with a 19-year-old Russian model.”
Born Jocelyne Périsset, the Swiss native married Alec in 1978.
