Ivana Trump, first wife of former US President Donald J. Trump, died from cardiac arrest in her Manhattan apartment. She was aged 73.
Her death was announced by Donald Trump on social media saying, “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.”
In his post, he wrote that: “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!”
Ivana grew up under Communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia and married Trump, who was her second husband, in 1977 with whom they had three children together: Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric Trump.
The couple divorced in 1992, driven in part by Mr. Trump’s affair with Marla Maples, whom he later married, providing tabloid fodder for weeks.
The divorce made Mrs. Trump something of a female protagonist for snubbed wives everywhere, and she even had a cameo in the 1996 film The First Wives Club in which she tells a group of disgruntled divorced women, “Don’t get mad, get everything!”
The Personality of Ivana Trump
Ivana Trump was often described as detail-obsessed and a workaholic. She worked alongside her husband on several of his early signature projects, such as the development of Trump Tower in Manhattan and the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.J.
She commanded almost as much media attention as her husband, and together, they helped define the 1980s as an era of gaudy excess among the social elite, an image that Mr. Trump used to fuel his turn as an outsized television personality before his 2016 run for the White House.
Though Mr. Trump often bragged about his singular business prowess, Mrs. Trump played a critical part in building his real-estate empire, beginning soon after their marriage in 1977.
She was the vice president of interior design for his company, the Trump Organization and managed one of his most prized properties, the Plaza Hotel.
Ivana Trump used her business prowess to great effect, as well. She developed lines of clothing, jewelry, and beauty products, which she promoted through outlets like the Home Shopping Network and QVC.
She invested in real estate, domestically and in Europe, and wrote several books, including The Best Is Yet to Come: Coping With Divorce and Enjoying Life Again (1995) and, most recently, Raising Trump (2017), a memoir of her marriage to Donald Trump.
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