Ivana Trump, the former model and first wife of Donald Trump, has died at age 73, her family confirmed in a statement earlier today.
“Our mother was an incredible woman—a force in business, a world-class athlete, a radiant beauty, and caring mother and friend,” the Trump family said in a joint statement. “Ivana Trump was a survivor. She fled from communism and embraced this country. She taught her children about grit and toughness, compassion and determination. She will be dearly missed by her mother, her three children, and 10 grandchildren.”
“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,” Donald Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform, 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!”
According to ABC News, paramedics were called at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday to Ivana Trump’s apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan after she suffered cardiac arrest.
Following her divorce, Ivana Trump made various ventures into the world of fashion, fragrance, jewelry, and beauty, as well as published a series of books, including a 2017 autobiography titled Raising Trump that charted her journey raising children with the former president. After a brief marriage to the Italian businessman Riccardo Mazzucchelli from 1995 to 1997, she met her fourth husband, Italian actor and model Rossano Rubicondi, in 2002, and they married six years later in a splashy wedding at Mar-a-Lago, before divorcing a year later. Trump is survived by her three children and 10 grandchildren.