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An American art influencer was found dead at a five-star hotel in Brazil, where she\u2019d flown to get plastic surgery.<\/p>\n

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The body of Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, a 40-year-old Californian known online as Jerry Gogosian, was found by her plastic surgeon Sunday in her room at the Rosewood S\u00e3o Paulo when she failed to answer her phone,\u00a0according to Art Review.<\/p>\n

An empty vodka bottle, a broken glass on the floor, and unidentified pills reportedly were found nearby.<\/p>\n

Helphenstein had been in S\u00e3o Paulo for three weeks, recovering from a cosmetic procedure.<\/p>\n

Her surgeon told authorities he had previously taken her to a hospital after a possible overdose and claimed she was using substances.<\/p>\n

An official cause of death has yet to be released, but police have registered it as a \u201csuspicious death.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A hotel spokesperson\u00a0told Hyperallergic that \u201cthe hotel has provided full collaboration with the competent authorities, promptly providing all the information requested to assist in the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

They noted that the hotel would not comment further out of \u201crespect for the privacy of the guest, their family members, and the work of the responsible authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Helphenstein, from Oakland, California, built her Gogosian character as a satire of the excesses and commercialization of the contemporary art world. <\/p>\n

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She had at least 150,000 followers on Instagram.<\/p>\n

A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, she hosted the podcast \u201cArt Smack,\u201d served as editor-in-chief of \u201cThe Jerry Report\u201d bulletin, and collaborated with major names including Phillips, Playboy, and Sotheby\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Her final Instagram posts, shared just hours before her death, featured light-hearted advice and excitement about her time in Brazil.<\/p>\n

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