What is Elsa Klensch?
{{more citations needed|date=December 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Elsa Klensch | nationality = Australian-American | occupation = Journalist, novelist, TV personality | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_place = New South Wales | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|02|21|df=y}} | birth_name = Elsa Aeschbacher | death_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = {{dda|2022|03|04|1930|02|21|df=y}} }} '''Elsa Klensch''' ({{née}} '''Aeschbacher'''; 21 February 1930 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian-American journalist, novelist, and television personality, often working in the world of fashion. She was the producer and host of ''[[Style with Elsa Klensch]]'', [[CNN]]'s weekly fashion and design [[television program]], which ran from 1980 to 2001.<ref name= cnn>{{Cite news |last= Gay |first= Jason |title= Madison Avenue Shopkeepers Weep for CNN Style Diva Elsa Klensch |newspaper= The New York Observer |date= 17 June 2001 |url= http://www.observer.com/node/44596 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080714021103/http://www.observer.com/node/44596 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 14 July 2008 }}</ref> ==Biography== Klensch was born on 21 February 1930 in [[Cooranbong]], in the [[Lake Macquarie|Lake Macquarie District]] of [[New South Wales]], to Johann Ernst and Mary Margaret (née Miles) Aeschbacher. She was married to Charles Klensch, whom she met in [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] while he was on leave from his post as [[Saigon]], [[South Vietnam]], news bureau manager for the [[American Broadcasting Company]]. They were married in 1966 in wartime Saigon and then settled in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/13/nyregion/public-lives-elsa-klensch-still-in-style-but-out-of-a-job.html|title=PUBLIC LIVES; Elsa Klensch, Still in Style, but Out of a Job|last=Finn|first=Robin|date=2001-02-13|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-02-03