Ivana Trump, former US president’s first wife, dies aged 73

Ivana Trump, the primary spouse of Donald Trump, handed away at her house in New York Metropolis, the previous president says.

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Ivana Trump and former United States President Donald Trump divorced in 1992 [File: Jason DeCrow/AP Photo]

Former US President Donald Trump’s first spouse and the mom of his three eldest kids, Ivana Trump, has died at age 73, her household and ex-husband mentioned.

“I'm very saddened to tell all of people who cherished her, of which there are lots of, that Ivana Trump has handed away at her house in New York Metropolis,” Donald Trump mentioned in a submit on the social media platform Reality Social on Thursday.

The couple married in 1977 and divorced in 1992. That they had three kids collectively: Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric.

In a separate assertion, the household praised Ivana as “an unbelievable girl – a drive in enterprise, a world-class athlete, a radiant magnificence, and caring mom and pal”.

“Ivana Trump was a survivor. She fled from communism and embraced this nation. She taught her kids about grit and toughness, compassion and willpower,” the household mentioned. She was born Ivana Zelnickova in 1949 within the metropolis of Gottwaldov within the former Czechoslovakia.

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Ivana Trump was born and grew up within the former Czechoslovakia [File: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Photo]

“She will likely be dearly missed by her mom, her three kids and ten grandchildren,” the household mentioned.

Neither the Trump household assertion nor the submit from the previous president talked about the reason for her loss of life.

A former mannequin who as soon as skilled for the Czechoslovakian junior nationwide ski staff, Ivana Trump performed a job in build up the Trump media picture within the Eighties, after they have been considered one of New York Metropolis’s most distinguished energy couples.

Their divorce, which got here after Donald Trump’s extremely publicised affair with Marla Maples, whom he later married, was fodder for the New York tabloids.

Whereas Donald Trump took the credit score for his early success breaking into the extremely aggressive Manhattan actual property market, Ivana Trump performed an essential function in constructing the household enterprise quickly after their marriage, The New York Instances reported.

She labored alongside her husband in growing Trump Tower, his signature constructing on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and different high-profile initiatives such because the Trump Taj Mahal On line casino Resort in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey, the newspaper mentioned.

Ivana Trump was the vp for inside design for the Trump Group and managed the historic Plaza Lodge, which Trump acquired in 1988.

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Donald Trump and his ex-wife Ivana Trump throughout the males’s remaining on the US Open, September 7, 1997 [File: Mike Blake/Reuters]

In recent times, Ivana Trump had been on good phrases together with her former husband. She wrote in a 2017 ebook that they spoke about as soon as per week.

Ivana instructed the New York Put up in 2016 that she was each a supporter and adviser to the previous president. “I counsel just a few issues,” she instructed the newspaper. “We converse earlier than and after the appearances and he asks me what I assumed.” She mentioned she suggested him to “be extra calm”.

“However Donald can't be calm,” she added. “He’s very outspoken. He simply says it as it's.”

In his submit on Thursday, Donald Trump praised her as “a beautiful, lovely, and superb girl, who led a terrific and inspirational life”.

“Her pleasure and pleasure have been her three kids, Donald Jr, Ivanka, and Eric. She was so pleased with them, as we have been all so pleased with her. Relaxation In Peace, Ivana!”

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