Jocelyn Wildenstein’s Partner Lloyd Klein Reflects on Her Death (Exclusive)

Jocelyn Wildenstein‘s longtime associate, Lloyd Klein, is sharing a number of intimate recollections of her remaining hours.

In an unique dialog with PEOPLE following her Tuesday, Dec. 31, dying on the age of 84, which AFP and Paris Match first reported, Klein revealed that the Swiss socialite, who was identified for her intensive and excessive plastic surgical procedures, died whereas taking a nap.

“We had a pleasant completely happy hour the identical night time and we have been preparing for the brand new yr, and we took slightly nap simply to look good earlier than getting dressed,” he says.

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When requested by PEOPLE what was Wildenstein’s explanation for dying, he says that the she had phlebitis, a situation that Healthline describes as irritation of a vein that could be attributable to harm to the vein wall or by a blood clot that blocks a vein.

“Because of her phlebitis, the legs have been very, very swollen, and the blood was blocked, and there was no oxygen within the mind,” he says. “And we have been having a nap and once I get up, I mentioned, ‘Jocelyn, we’ve got to get up, we’ve got to dress,’ and she or he was chilly and she or he was useless.”

“It’s very unhappy. It’s extraordinarily unhappy,” he notes. “It’s extraordinarily unhappy to put down together with your different half that I do know for 21 years and ready to have a good time New Year’s Eve and to search out her chilly.”

Klein says that the situation, which her grandmother additionally had, didn’t affect their vacation festivities as her well being had been “good” simply days prior.

“We have been on the Ritz two days in the past. We have been having dinner,” explains Klein. “Before that, we had come for Fashion Week at Chanel. Everything was good, every part was good.”

Reflecting on how the 2 spent the vacation season, he says it was “stunning.”

“We have been on the Ritz. We have been having events. She was in nice form. She was in impeccable well being,” says Klein.

The two had been spending time in Paris, throughout which he says she was “very completely happy” and “on the high of her recreation.” He famous that she had made a number of tv appearances and was “extraordinarily stunning.”

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“Two months in the past, she attended the Chanel present. Everyone invited us to dinner. Everyone welcomed her with crimson carpet. Paparazzi have been following us. It was the return to Paris. We have been on the high of our recreation. Everything was on the high,” he displays.