As Donald Trump’s first wife, she jokingly said she was “First Lady” shortly after he was elected President of the United States. Ivana Trump, 73, died Thursday, ABC News reports, citing her family. She had shared her life with Donald Trump for fifteen years until 1992 and had three children with him (Donald Trump Junior, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump).
“Ivana Trump was a survivor. She fled communism and embraced this country,” her family wrote in a statement. And to add: “Our mother was an incredible woman – a force in business, a world-class athlete, a radiant beauty, a mother and a caring friend. “She was a wonderful, beautiful and incredible woman who lived a wonderful and inspiring life,” Donald Trump replied in a post on his social network Truth Social.
Ivana Trump reportedly died of a heart attack at her apartment in Manhattan, New York, ABC said. The emergency services were called around 12:40 p.m. local time on Thursday. The death of the 73-year-old TV star would not be considered suspicious, the media also specify.
A union on the front page of the tabloids
Ivana Trump, born in the Czech Republic, naturalized American in 1988, was a model-turned-reality-tv star in the US and took part in several shows including Celebrity Big Brother in 2010. She had Donald Trump Met in New York in 1976, to whom she had married the following year. Both had worked on large projects like Trump Tower.
The Trump couple had become stars of the American tabloids, whose breakup had been serialized on the front page. In 1989, while on vacation, they are seen arguing after Ivana Trump finds out about her husband’s mistress. The legal battle over her divorce had also made the front page of American magazines.