The Blog of Death

Egon von Furstenberg, was a wonderful person who enjoyed life and enjoyed people! I was very sorry to hear about his on timely death. I had the honour and pleasuer to meet him in St. Tropes. It is years ago, but he was with the Happy Few, who knew how to enjoy life. I wish all his family and loved ones, much strenght in these very hard times. I know that even tho I met him only once. I will as everybody else miss him in life!

Remembering you from the times of Ecole Lemania ,Lausanne,Switzerland from 1965-to 1968.
we share the sorrow with your family. and we will dedicate prayers for your soul.
Sonia and Carlos

I was fortunate enough to attend his wedding in July 1969 to Diane and meet this great gentleman.You knew immediately upon saying hello to him that he was kind,loving, charming , caring and charasmatic. He had a gift for life and an affinity for people. Besides his great looks and his aristocratic background he was a man of the people . He knew how to enjoy each and every moment and carried on his life with flare, vigor and enthusiam that I had never seen before in other people.
I was a guest at his first marraige in Montfort l'Amaury at Yvelines in France . In those days I was one of the few people who had a color movie camera and I took home movies of the wedding which I cherish till this day. All the international press who attended the wedding had their Nikon still cameras and photographed the wedding in black and white. When I showed the movies to Diane and Egon in their New York apartment at 1050 Park avenue later that fall, they were very pleased to see the movies in color of their wedding.

Egon past from this world too soon and too young. He will be missed deeply by all who knew him and of him.

Stan Norwalk

i met egon at le club sept in paris during the spring of 1974.... i didn't know who he was, only that he was extremely polite and easy to have a conversation with..... i liked him immediately and even more so after learning what a celebrated person he was.... i was so sorry to hear that he had died.....

It is almost a year that my darling Egon has passed on, to that 7th Avenue in the sky. He always had time for me, and I miss him dearly.

Soy mexicana y gran admiradora de este personaje.
Mi hermana, quien falleció en el año 2000, era también una de sus fieles seguidoras a través de las páginas que se publicaban sobre él como miembro del Jet Set Internacional.
Para nosotros siempre se caracterizó por un gran carisma y galanura.
Mi hijo menor lleva su nombre en recuerdo a la simpatía que que tuve hacia él.

Dear Egon,
Your smile and zest for living will never be forgotten.

Stephen Bartell
(friend of Michael Passantino and the late Raul Lugo)

Spesso ti penso e non mi abituo alla tua morte.
Ora mi rendo conto di quanto sei importante.
Ti voglio bene e....pic

Still can't bebeive your gone ! Will always think of us young and foolish ! The weekends at your house on Fire Island and the partying back in the city ! You'll always be with me ! With all my other ghosts !

I met Egon in 1970. We were both in our mid twenties. I trained at a NY PR firm, and Egon joined me for a few weeks, to train.
I liked him and the life he led, which for me, coming from Israel, was a life only read about.
I remember him boasting that he has spent a few hours with his children, after I told him that instead of going to sleep upon returning home from work (as preperation for another night of celebration), he should spend more time with his son and daughter, who were raised by Egon's old nanny, in the appartment one floor below Egon and Dian's pad.
He was a real prince, the kind of which we lose all the time, as we lost Egon.
I never saw him again, but I remember him fondly, and was shocked to read of his untimely death.
Does money, fame and royalty bring happiness? I dont think so....\
May his soul rest in peace.

Remembring you with carino.
My sister Claudia de Valenzuela always kept me informed
and laughing!

I met Egon long ago! A wonderful person, who enjoyed life! His smile and zest, made him so very special! I didn't know who he was, only that he was extremely polite and easy to have a conversation with. He took interest in others. The time I met him, he made me feel relaxed talking to him.

Still can't bebeive your gone.

I met Egon in the mid 70's, I believe, and it was in New Orleans at a book signing. He was polite and easy to talk to and interested to know I knew his stepmother's family, well, in Houston. I ran into him in New York in the early 80's and later on was fortunate to meet his beautiful, charming wife, Lynn, in Houston. They certainly made a striking couple. Lynn had that very appealing Southern belle beauty and charm and I think greatly complimented Egon's European background. Egon's kindness stood out. He could talk to anybody, and was comfortable doing so, regardless of their background. He was obviously a great people person and will be missed by all who were fortunate to have met or known him. Lee Govatos

not a mention of Diane ?

I am very sad to learn of the death of Egon. I knew him for most of the 80's in New York. He was fun to be with and the life of the party. You are missed. Chuck Tumlinson

IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE YOUR FRIEND! STILL MISSING U SO MUCH!! MIGUEL

Met Egon in 1984, in a bar in Manhattan.
I was wearing a shirt that I had painted, with Marylin's face on it. Next thing I knew, I had a free scholarship to FIT.
Humble soul, will be missed.

Egon was warm, kind and very beautiful-inside and out. I enjoyed his sense of humor but he always took the high road and left negativity to others. He was happy...interested in others to the point of putting them first and helping many find their way in the world, never jealous of anyone's success. Hard to describe the genuine person that was Egon, and a spirit that always soared. I think of him often and remember so many laughs, good times and his beguiling never-ending energy. On this earth, Egon was amongst the elite few who truly knew how to enjoy life and every day...LIVE, laugh and LOVE. Taken far too soon, I shall always miss the accent, charm and smile (just to name a few) of a real prince of a man!

I just stumbled on this tribute and am so very pleased yet not in the least surprised to see such positiveness in all the comments as indeed Egon was one of the most positive people I have known. We have run into one another on and off since the early 70's when I first met his wife and he in Greece with several of my friends (all gone)with a chronic lack of water but both had such humor about it (not the others by the way. In the 70's, in Florence, mutual friends presented us thinking we did not know one other. We both broke out into laughter with Egon saying "We are like bad grass, we pop up everywhere" and indeed whenever we did it was with tremendous pleasure; I believe on both parts. The last I saw him was just before his disappearance, with my son in Gstaad, we had not seen each other in years, since New York in the 90's, yet we picked up as if it were yesterday. I saw him several times here and there during the following days. We agreed to meet when he would next be in Paris, it did not occur. He now is walking up there with the stars. There are so few positive people in life, presently there is one less. I do hope to see you again Egon, just like the bad grass.

I met Egon in either 1980 or 1981 in Capri and spent a wonderful 4 days in his company. I remember him as being a very interesting person and he had the ability to make you feel special. This was the only time I ever met him but the memory remains clear. I am very sad as I have just heard of his untimely death. I hope that his family are just as remarkable as he was.