The Real Housewives of Miami‘s “Mama Elsa” Patton has passed away at the age of 84. The mother of Marysol Patton passed away over the weekend “after a long illness,” according to a statement issued by the family.
The cast of The Real Housewives of Miami held their Season 3 Premiere party at Lou La Vie in Miami Tuesday, but fan favorite Mama Elsa Patton was disappointingly not in attendance. Mama Elsa’s daughter Marysol Patton explained her mother’s absence to The Miami Herald‘s Madeleine Marr, revealing the sad news that Elsa is still recovering from a stroke she suffered back in March.
See photos of The Real Housewives of Miami star “Mama Elsa” Patton before the plastic surgery that she says “ruined” her face.
The cast of The Real Housewives of Miami were all at the The Forge in Miami Beach Sunday night to celebrate this Thursday night’s Season 2 premiere, but the celebratory atmosphere dissipated when show matriarch “Mama Elsa” Patton collapsed to the floor!
Who doesn’t love the brassy, sassy and always classy Mama Elsa Patton? Though she has had very little screen time, Marysol’s witchy, bitchy, leaves-you-in-stitchy mom is undeniably the break-out star of Bravo’s new Real Housewives of Beverly Hills!