Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, an art critic known online as Jerry Gogosian, was discovered dead on 31 May inside a hotel room in São Paulo, Brazil. Before her unexplained passing, the 40-year-old revealed the terrifying vomit torture and physical abuse she suffered at a strict religious boarding school.
The influential critic had travelled to South America for a cosmetic procedure but was later found surrounded by medication and alcohol, according to the New York Post. While local police are currently investigating the incident as a 'suspicious death,' the situation has highlighted the trauma she recently documented regarding her childhood.
