Ivana Trumpfirst wife of Donald Trumpformer president of USAand mother of three of his children, died at the age of 73, reported the former president and Republican billionaire this Thursday, July 14.
“I am very sad to announce to all who loved her, which was many, that Ivana Trump died at her residence in New York,” wrote D. Trump on his social network, Truth Social.
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The former president did not refer to the causes of death, instead recalling his ex-wife as a “wonderful and beautiful” woman who led a “great and inspiring life” and who was proud of her children, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka and Eric.
“Ivana Trump was a survivor. She fled communism and embraced this country. She taught her children to have grit and resilience, compassion and determination. She will be greatly missed by her mother, her three children and her 10 grandchildren,” her family said in a note.
The former Czechoslovakian model emigrated to the United States, married the tycoon in 1977 and became a collaborator in several of his businesses until reaching executive positions in the Trump Organization and some hotels.
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The couple, widely followed by the tabloids, divorced in 1992 amid great media scrutiny following Trump’s affair with actress Marla Maples, whom he would marry a year later and have a daughter, Tiffany.
In October 2017, a few months following Trump arrived at the White House, Ivana Trump had published the book “Raising Trump” (“Raising the Trumps”), in which she recounted having taught her children “the value of money , not to lie or cheat or steal and respect others”.
Ivana, who decided to keep her first husband’s surname, developed a versatile career in which she launched lines of clothing, jewelry and beauty products, wrote several books and collaborated on magazines.
With information from EFE and AFP.
