By JILL COLVIN and JENNIFER PELTZ
NEW YORK (AP) — Ivana Trump, who shaped half of a publicity energy couple within the Nineteen Eighties as the primary spouse of former President Donald Trump and mom of his oldest youngsters, has died in New York City, her household introduced Thursday. She was 73.
“I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York City,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “She was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great and inspirational life. Her pride and joy were her three children, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. She was so proud of them, as we were all so proud of her. Rest In Peace, Ivana!”
The Trump household additionally launched an announcement. “It is with deep disappointment that we announce the passing of our beloved mom, Ivana Trump. Our mom was an unbelievable lady — 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 country,” the assertion continued. “She taught her children about grit and toughness, compassion and determination. She will be dearly missed by her mother, her three children and ten grandchildren.”
The Trumps had been an influence couple in New York within the Nineteen Eighties earlier than their equally public, and messy, divorce after Donald Trump met his subsequent spouse, Marla Maples. But lately, Ivana Trump had been on good phrases along with her former husband. She wrote in a 2017 e book that they spoke about as soon as every week.
Ivana informed the New York Post in 2016 that she was each a supporter and adviser to the previous president.
“I suggest a few things,” she informed the paper. “We speak before and after the appearances and he asks me what I thought.” She mentioned she suggested him to “be more calm.”
“But Donald cannot be calm,” she added. “He’s very outspoken. He just says it as it is.”
She was born Ivana Zelnickova in 1949 within the Czechoslovak metropolis of Gottwaldov, the previous metropolis of Zlin that simply had been renamed by the Communists, who took over the nation in 1948. She married Trump, her second husband, in 1977.
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