'Catwoman' Jocelyn Wildenstein's fiancé Lloyd Klein remembers the 'love of his life' after her death
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Jocelyn Wildenstein's longtime fiancé is paying tribute to her and their enduring relationship following her death on New Year's Eve. Lloyd Klein described the famous socialite as the 'love of [his] life' while remarking on how much he misses her during a conversation with Page Six on Sunday.
![['She was fabulous. She was the love of my life,' the fashion designer, 57, gushed about Wildenstein, who was dubbed the 'Catwoman' due to the leonine features she developed after numerous cosmetic surgeries over the years; seen in May 2023 in LA]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/03/94024093-14277155-image-a-90_1736739632827.jpg)
Klein, 57, had romantically linked to Wildenstein going back to 2003, though the two had a bumpy relationship that included a 2016 incident in which Wildenstein was arrested for slashing Klein's face with scissors. 'She was fabulous. She was the love of my life,' the fashion designer gushed about Wildenstein, who was dubbed the 'Catwoman' due to the leonine features she developed after numerous cosmetic surgeries over the years.
![[Klein also claimed that Wildenstein was 'certainly not broke' at the time of her death; seen in 2022 in NYC]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/03/94023951-14277155-image-a-91_1736739642224.jpg)
'I miss her every half second and I still think I’m in a nightmare right now,' Klein continued somberly. 'All my happiness is gone,' he said elsewhere in the interview, 'but she did not suffer, and she died in full glamour.'. Jocelyn Wildenstein's longtime fiancé Lloyd Klein (L) is paying tribute to her and their enduring relationship following her death on New Year's Eve; seen in 2017 in NYC.
![[He attributed her financial woes to a forged painting that was part of her divorce settlement form her ex-husband Alec N. Wildenstein's family; seen in 2019 in Miami]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/03/94023939-14277155-image-a-92_1736739646570.jpg)
'She was fabulous. She was the love of my life,' the fashion designer, 57, gushed about Wildenstein, who was dubbed the 'Catwoman' due to the leonine features she developed after numerous cosmetic surgeries over the years; seen in May 2023 in LA. Klein — who revealed a contributing factor to his fiancée's death — tried to clarify her true age at the time of her death, claiming that Wildenstein was 79 when she died, and not 84, as was widely reported.
![[She married Wildenstein in 1978, and the two divorced in 1999. She received $2.5B in the settlement, plus $100M per year; pictured in 2000 in Paris]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/04/93262119-14277155-Wildenstein_was_previously_married_to_Alec_N_Wildenstein_They_me-a-94_1736740815019.jpg)
