Ivana Zelnickova was born in 1949 in the Czechoslovak city of Gottwaldov, the former city of Zlin that had just been renamed by the communists, who took over the country in 1948 (AFP)The couple married in 1977 and divorced in 1992. They had three children together: Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric.She was a skier and a model. She formed a power couple with Donald Trump in the 1980s“I am very sad to inform everyone who loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump passed away at her home in New York City,” Trump posted on Truth Social (REUTERS / Mike Blake) (Mike Blake /)Donald Trump Jr., Vanessa Trump, Ivana Trump, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner attend the 9th Annual Eric Trump Foundation Golf at Trump National Golf Club Westchester on September 21, 2015 in Briarcliff Manor City (Photo by Bobby Bank/WireImage)In the image, with the singer Patti LaBelle in New York Fashion Week (Photo by Paul Morigi/WireImage)Ivana Trump and Beyonce (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)Ivana Trump and Ivanka Trump during Denise Rich’s annual summer party in St Tropez, France (Foc Kan/WireImage for Susan Blond, Inc)Ivana Trump strolls through Saint-Tropez, France (Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic)Estelle Lefebure, Thierry Mugler and Ivana Trump attend a Thierry Mugler show during A Paris Fashion Weeks in the 1990s in Paris, France (Foc Kan/WireImage)Ivana Trump and her dance partner Samuele Peron perform on the Italian TV show ‘Ballando Con Le Stelle’ (Dancing with the Stars) (Photo by Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Images)Ivana Trump attends a press conference to announce her new campaign to fight obesity at The Plaza Hotel on June 13, 2018 in New York City (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)Along with rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in Miami (Johnny Nunez/WireImage)Ivana Trump and Eric Trump attend the Eric Trump Foundation’s 9th Annual Golf Auction and Dinner (Grant Lamos IV/Getty Images)Mark Antonio Rota and Ivana Trump attend the Art Show with Giovanni Perrone and Hosted by Ivana Trump and Mark Antonio Rota on April 30, 2013 in New York City (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)Ivana with her daughter, Ivanka Trump (David Allen/Getty Images)The cause of death has not yet been known. He was 73 years old (REUTERS / Mario Anzuoni) (Mario Anzuoni /)“Ivana Trump was a survivor. She fled communism and embraced this country. She taught her children about determination and toughness, compassion and determination, ”said the Trump family in a statement quoted by ABC News (AP)According to an article in New York Magazine, Ivana Trump met Donald Trump during a trip to New York, where he was working as a model to promote the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.Ivana Trump and her ex-husband Rossano Rubicondi. The marriage lasted less than a year (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images) (Getty Images /)The Trumps were a power couple in New York in the 1980s before their equally public and messy divorce after Donald Trump met his next wife, Marla Maples.Family portrait: Ivana Trump, little Eric, Donald and Ivanka Trump, 1988 (Getty Images/)Donald Trump greets reporters with his wife IvanaIvana Trump and Donald Trump May 10, 1985. In recent years, Ivana Trump had gotten along with her ex-husband. She wrote in a 2017 book that they spoke once a week (WireImage /)
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Ivana Trump, the first wife of former US President Donald Trump, has died at the age of 73
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