Overview
- Sean Wilsey announced his mother’s death in a Facebook post, identifying the facility as De Anza House in Palm Desert, California.
- He said she stopped eating the previous week and stopped drinking days later, flew from New York to be at her side, and wrote that she “passed surrounded by love.”
- Montandon is survived by her son and grandchildren Owen and Mira, and no medical cause of death has been disclosed.
- She rose to prominence in San Francisco as a model, columnist, and KGO-TV host on programs including The Prize Movie and The Pat Montandon Show.
- Coverage recalls her lavish parties with guests such as Andy Warhol and the Gettys, her brief relationship with Frank Sinatra, and her founding of Children as Teachers for Peace, reported as involving 37 international trips.