Jocelyn Wildenstein's partner Lloyd Klein has detailed the 84-year-old's “peaceful” final moments before her death.
Fashion designer, 57 years old, told the people It was announced Wednesday that the late socialite nicknamed “Catwoman” after extensive facial plastic surgery died in her sleep on New Year's Eve.
“That night, we had a fun happy hour and were preparing for the new year,” he explained to the outlet. “We took a little nap to make ourselves look good before we got dressed.”
Klein recalls: [woke] I woke up and I said, 'Jocelyn, you have to wake up, you have to get dressed,' and she was dead cold.
“It's very sad. It's very sad,” he continued. “It's so sad to be waiting to lie down and celebrate New Year's Eve with your other half, whom you've known for 21 years, only to find her sick with a cold.”
Klein told the outlet that Wildenstein's death on Tuesday was due to phlebitis. WebMD description As inflammation of the veins.
“Because of the phlebitis, my legs were so swollen that the blood was clogged and oxygen wasn't getting to my brain,” he said.
Daily Mail reported (via AFP) On Wednesday, it was announced that Mr. Wildenstein had died of a pulmonary embolism while at his palace in Paris.
Before her fiance's death, Klein opened up to PEOPLE about her “perfect” health and gushed that “everything was fine” between them.
The two were just enjoying a “beautiful” holiday season.
He and Wildenstein dated on-again, off-again in 2003, and Klein got down on one knee in 2017.
She was previously married to Alec N. Wildenstein and has a daughter, Diane, and a son, Alec Jr.
Jocelyn became a millionaire after her controversial divorce from Alec in 1999.
He was once a late art dealer, insist on variety Jocelyn's plastic surgery reportedly started while they were together, but she strangely he claimed to the Sun newspaper. In November 2024 she not doing any work.
At the time, she claimed she had only had Botox twice and never had any fillers.
