People Magazine reports:
Jocelyn Wildenstein has died at the age of 84. The Swiss socialite was known for both her extensive and extreme plastic surgeries and her high-profile 1999 divorce from a billionaire art dealer.
Jocelyn’s partner, Lloyd Klein, told AFP that she died of a pulmonary embolism in a Parisian palace on Tuesday. Jocelyn was born Jocelyne Périsset in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1940. In 1977, she eloped with Alec Wildenstein. They shared two children, Diane and Alec Jr.
Tabloids dubbed Jocelyn “The Bride of Wildenstein” and “Catwoman” because of her extremely surgically-altered appearance. Alec, who died in 2008, ultimately paid his ex-wife $2.5 billion as well as $100 million annually to settle the divorce.
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‘Catwoman’ socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein has died pic.twitter.com/1arRFu7wEt
— The Sun (@TheSun) January 1, 2025
Plastic surgery queen Jocelyn ‘Catwoman’ Wildenstein dies at 84 https://t.co/kWT6CUttOZ
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) January 1, 2025
Jocelyn Wildenstein, ‘Catwoman’ Socialite Known for Extreme Plastic Surgeries, Dies at 84: Report https://t.co/Sbl0zpaEBF
— People (@people) January 1, 2025
RIP Jocelyn Wildenstein, 84. The so-called “Catwoman” died NYE of a pulmonary embolism — in a Parisian palace, because of course. As recently as November, she said she’d never had plastic surgery because it can turn out “heavy and terrible.” She copped to doing Botox 2x. pic.twitter.com/riJDkYlIPM
— Matthew Rettenmund (@mattrett) January 1, 2025