Socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, known for her extensive plastic surgery and high-profile divorce, has passed away at the age of 84.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity is a statement from the Holy Bible’s Book of Ecclesiastes. New York socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein , widely known both for her embrace of extreme plastic surgery and record divorce settlement, has died after a life that seemingly embraced that credo.
The Switzerland-born 84-year-old – who was nicknamed “Catwoman” by her detractors because she had her numerous procedures done in the aim of looking feline – suffered a pulmonary embolism and passed away in a palace in Paris on Tuesday, according to local reports. Born Jocelyne Périsset in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1940 she eloped in 1977 with art dealer Alec Wildenstein. They shared two children, Diane and Alec Jr. The couple split in 1997 in a headline-making divorce that was finalized two years later. She kept his name in the years since. Alec, who died in 2008, ultimately paid his ex-wife $2.5 billion as well as $100 million annually to settle the divorce. During their divorce, Jocelyn claimed she had undergone so many cosmetic procedures because of her husband, who she said “hates to be with old people.” But she also denied her feline-like features were all because of plastic surgery.in 1998, “The lynx has perfect eyes. If I show you pictures of my grandmother, what you see is these eyes — cat eyes — and high cheekbones.” She also told the outlet she spent $1 million every month to maintain the family’s lifestyle. Alec had a different perspective about her surgeries, claiming to the outlet, “I would always find out last. She was thinking that she could fix her face like a piece of furnitur
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