In March 2013, Elsa Patton was found unconscious in her home after suffering a stroke. “She was shaking and unable to walk or barely sit up and her eyes were fixated staring up to left,” her daughter, Marysol Patton, told The Miami Herald. “The paramedics carried her down the stairs wrapped in a sheet to the ambulance. She was rushed to the hospital for a brain scan.” According to Marysol, due to Elsa’s fall during the stroke, blood had accumulated in her brain, and she needed surgery to remove it. “Right now mom is at home convalescing with a full-time live-in,” she explained. “It was a difficult road to finally get her home and back to her daily routines, the simplest things we all take for granted daily.”
Unfortunately, Elsa never completely recovered and died in May of the same year. “Our beloved Elsa Patton (AKA Mama Elsa) passed away over Mother’s Day weekend after a long illness. She was surrounded by her family and close friends,” her family told Page Six. “The family is so very grateful to the many fans and friends who have continued to ask for her and offer their prayers and best wishes.”
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Still, Elsa’s spirit continued to live on.
