Nicknamed the “cat woman” and known for her numerous cosmetic surgery operations, Jocelyne Wildenstein has died

Surnommée la “femme chat”, elle est morte à l’âge de 79 ans. MAXPPP

Connue pour ses nombreuses opérations de chirurgie esthétique, Jocelyne Wildenstein est morte ce mardi 31 décembre dans un palace parisien d’une embolie pulmonaire.

Jocelyne Wildenstein, a jet-set figure nicknamed “the cat woman” because of her numerous recourses to cosmetic surgery, died on Tuesday, December 31 in Paris, her partner told AFP on Wednesday, January 1, confirming information from the celebrity press.

“Her partner Lloyd Klein is saddened to announce the death of Jocelyne Wildenstein in Paris at the age of 79,” he told AFP on Wednesday. An “icon is gone”. She died of a pulmonary embolism in a Parisian palace, he said.

Known for her numerous cosmetic surgeries

Followed by 1.1 million subscribers on Instagram, Jocelyne Wildenstein was known for her numerous cosmetic procedures on her face and the legends surrounding her physical transformation, some saying that she wanted to look like a feline at all costs or that she had spent millions to achieve it.

Living between New York and Miami, she had recently given several interviews on television in France where she spoke about her highly publicized divorce and her operations.

“My (ex) husband thought that it was a very good advertisement to broadcast during the divorce”, she recently swept aside in a show presented by Cyril Hanouna.

Born in Lausanne, Switzerland on September 7, 1945, Jocelyne Perisset entered the world of New York high society by marrying the art dealer Alec Wildenstein, whose surname she kept after their divorce in 1998 and with whom she had two children.