Ivana Trump, the Czech American businesswoman and ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, died Thursday in Manhattan. She was 73.
The forty fifth president introduced the demise of his first spouse and mom of his three eldest youngsters, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric, on his Reality Social platform.
“I'm very saddened to tell all of those who beloved her, of which there are numerous, that Ivana Trump has handed away at her house in New York Metropolis,” he wrote. “She was a beautiful, stunning, and superb girl, who led a terrific and inspirational life.”
He continued: “Her pleasure and pleasure have been her three youngsters, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. She was so pleased with them, as we have been all so pleased with her. Relaxation In Peace, Ivana!”
Police are investigating whether or not Ivana Trump might have fallen down the steps at her house on East sixty fourth Road, police sources advised The Put up. She was discovered on the backside of the staircase and was believed to have suffered cardiac arrest, although town’s Medical Examiner’s Workplace will decide the official reason behind demise.
Constructing workers found her physique round 12:40 p.m. and known as the cops, sources mentioned.
Ivana Trump’s well being had been declining over the previous few years, a supply near the household mentioned.
Born Ivana Marie Zelníčková in Czechoslovakia, Ivana Trump was a aggressive skier in her youth, nearly making the Olympic group, by some accounts.
She labored as a mannequin within the early ’70s, and met future husband Donald Trump in New York Metropolis in 1976. They married a 12 months later. The 2 divorced in 1992, however she stored her ex-husband’s well-known surname.
Ivana Trump was recognized for her style for the finer issues in life, her gaudy inside designs and her huge blond hair.
Her marriage to the then-real property mogul thrust her into the highlight, the place she each shined and struggled. As a fixture of Eighties New York excessive society, Ivana Trump known as the likes of Michael Jackson her pals and routinely discovered herself on the covers of magazines and papers.
“You couldn’t stroll down the road with out individuals stopping her. Not everybody beloved Donald Trump, everybody beloved Ivana Trump,” her good friend and former publicist Todd Shapiro advised The Put up. “She all the time introduced her canine along with her, Tiger. Tiger would sit along with her on the desk wherever she went. Tiger was her accomplice in crime.”
Outdoors his mom’s townhouse on Thursday after her demise was introduced, Eric Trump advised reporters, “It’s a really unhappy day, guys. It’s a really unhappy day,” as he left with spouse Lara Trump.
In a press release, he mentioned that “our mom was an unimaginable girl — a power in enterprise, a world-class athlete, a radiant magnificence, and caring mom and good friend.
“She shall be dearly missed by her mom, her three youngsters and ten grandchildren,” he added.
A supply near Ivanka Trump advised The Put up the previous first daughter was in “shock” over her mom’s demise.
“They have been tremendous shut,” the supply mentioned, including that Ivana Trump had spent her final days with household in New York Metropolis.
In an Instagram publish Thursday, Ivanka Trump wrote she was “heartbroken by the passing of my mom.”
“Mother was sensible, charming, passionate and wickedly humorous. She modeled energy, tenacity and willpower in her each motion. She lived life to the fullest — by no means forgoing a chance to snicker and dance,” she mentioned.
Ivana Trump proudly labored for the previous president all through their 15-year marriage. She was the CEO and president of the Atlantic Metropolis, NJ, on line casino Trump’s Fort within the ’80s and held the function of the Trump Group’s vice chairman of inside design and supervisor of the Plaza Lodge.
In 1988, she advised Self-importance Truthful that “Donald calls me his twin as a girl” and sometimes referred to the previous president as “The Donald.”
Her good friend of 5 a long time Roger Stone advised The Put up following her demise that in addition to being “a gracious woman, a terrific mom and an unimaginable hostess … Ivana was additionally a terrific businesswoman and supervisor.”
“She ran a decent ship on the Plaza Lodge and significantly improved the efficiency of the property,” he mentioned.
Shapiro mentioned she ran the New Jersey on line casino “like a five-star normal.”
However the energy couple’s marriage soured when Donald Trump’s affair with mannequin Marla Maples grew to become public. The pair went on to marry and have a daughter, Tiffany Trump.
Ivana and Donald Trump’s ensuing divorce garnered worldwide consideration, and through a deposition for its proceedings, she accused her then-husband of rape. She later disavowed the allegation when Donald Trump was operating for workplace in 2015.
“I've just lately learn some feedback attributed to me from practically 30 years in the past at a time of very excessive stress throughout my divorce from Donald,” she mentioned within the July 2015 assertion. “The story is completely with out advantage. Donald and I are the very best of pals and collectively have raised 3 youngsters that we love and are very pleased with.”
Ivana Trump tried to take her ex-husband for all he was price, together with the Plaza Lodge. She advised Oprah Winfrey in an interview on the time that “I can't let males dominate me anymore.”
In a not-so-subtle nod to the breakup, Ivana Trump made an iconic cameo within the 1996 movie “The First Wives Membership” that helped cement her legacy as a cultural icon past her marriage.
“Girls, it's important to be sturdy and impartial. And keep in mind, don’t get mad — get every little thing,” she mentioned within the movie.
Nonetheless, the previous couple remained shut all through the remainder of her life. A supply near the household advised The Put up that she known as Donald Trump on a regular basis throughout his presidency to provide him recommendation. She typically known as herself the “actual Mrs. Trump,” a lot to his now-wife Melania Trump’s irritation.
She claims to have turned down the president’s provide to be an envoy to her house nation, the Czech Republic, saying she most well-liked her freedom. “I'd hate Washington,” she mentioned in 2017, including she didn’t envy Melania Trump’s function as first woman.
“Would I straighten up the White Home in 14 days? Completely. Can I give the speech for 45 minutes with out teleprompter? Completely. Can I learn a contract? Can I negotiate? Can I entertain? Completely. However I'd not likely wish to be there,” she mentioned.
Ivana Trump went on to marry twice after Donald Trump — first in 1995 to Italian businessman Riccardo Mazzucchelli, whom she divorced two years later, and once more to Rossano Rubicondi in 2008. Rubicondi, an Italian mannequin and actor, was greater than 20 years her junior.
The couple was married at Mar-a-Lago in a marriage hosted by the previous president, and daughter Ivanka served because the maid of honor. They divorced a 12 months later, however later obtained again collectively till formally ending issues in 2019. Rubicondi, who was also known as Ivana’s boy toy, died in 2021 from melanoma problems.
In the course of the remaining years of her life, Ivana Trump break up her time amongst New York, Miami and St-Tropez.
Whereas she was recognized for her extravagant life-style, sources advised Web page Six in 2018 that she would typically scarf down scorching canine from an Higher East Aspect meals cart.
Former Self-importance Truthful columnist George Wayne mentioned he was “very shut” with Ivana Trump, whom he known as his “Godmama Ivana” and who he mentioned was, to the shock of many, “actually fairly the recluse.” She grew to become extra withdrawn in the course of the Trump presidency, he mentioned.
Her next-door neighbor on the Higher East Aspect, in the meantime, remembered Ivana Trump as “impeccable” with by no means a hair misplaced.
“What can I say about her? I believe her life would have been simpler if she modified her identify,” Broadway producer Judith Ann Abrams advised The Put up.
“It’s the tip of an period on this block. She was all the time very good to us, very pleasant … I’ll miss her.”
Extra reporting by Steven Vago
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