The New York City Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the 73-year-old’s death accidental. Ivana was found at the bottom of the stairs in her apartment next to a spilled cup of coffee, according to reports in some US media. Image: Photo: AP The medical examiner’s brief report did not specify when the accident occurred. On Thursday, the Trump family paid tribute to a “wonderful, beautiful and amazing woman, who lived a wonderful and inspiring life.” A Czech-born ski racer and businesswoman, Ivana Trump was born Ivana Zelnickova in 1949. She married Donald Trump, her second husband, in 1977 and together they had three children – Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric. After their split, she became an entrepreneur in her own right, starting a fashion line and writing several books. She married and divorced her third and fourth husbands and even made a cameo as America’s Most Famous Ex-Wife in The First Wives Club where she had the immortal line “don’t get mad – take it all!” Trump announced his ex-wife’s death on social media platform Truth Social after being banned from Twitter indefinitely. Her daughter, Ivanka Trump, said she was “broken.” Paying tribute on Twitter, she said: “Mum was brilliant, charming, passionate and funny. She lived life to the fullest – never missing an opportunity to laugh and dance. “I will miss her forever and will always keep her memory alive in our hearts.” Mr Trump said of his ex-wife: “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.” Partners in love and business — with her playing roles as the manager of one of his Atlantic City casinos — Ivana and Donald Trump were a New York power couple before their public and messy divorce in 1992, after Mr. .Trump had met his next wife, Marla. Maple trees. During the split, Ivana Trump accused him of rape in an affidavit in the early 1990s. She later said she didn’t mean it literally, but rather that she felt violated. And in recent years she had good relations with her ex-husband. Ivana told the New York Post in 2016 that she was both a supporter and adviser to the former president. He said she once advised him to “take it easy.” But he added: “Donald can’t be calm. He’s very honest. He just tells it like it is.” “I’m the First Lady” Image: Photo: AP In 2017, while promoting a book, she told the TV show Good Morning America that she spoke with the then-president every two weeks and had the White House’s direct number, but she didn’t want to call too often “because Melania is there and I don’t want to cause any kind of jealousy or anything like that because I’m basically Trump’s first wife, okay?’ he said laughing. “I’m the first lady, okay?” Melania Trump’s then-spokesman responded, saying there was “clearly no substance to this statement from an ex, unfortunately it’s just attention-seeking and self-serving noise.” Trump’s tribute The Trump family released a statement, calling her “an incredible woman – a powerhouse in business, a world-class athlete, a radiant beauty and a caring mother and friend.” The statement continued, “Ivana Trump was a survivor. He left communism and embraced this country. “She taught her children grit and toughness, compassion and determination. She will be greatly missed by her mother, her three children and her ten grandchildren.”
