Comment Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump, died of “blunt force trauma” to her torso, the New York City coroner’s office said Friday. The manner of death was ruled an accident, the report added. The Trump family announced that Ivana, 73, mother of Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr., died at her home in Manhattan on Thursday. “It is with great sadness that I inform all those who loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York,” the former president said in a post on social media platform Truth Social. Ivana Trump was found unconscious in a stairwell at her home on East 64th Street near Central Park after police received an emergency call at 12:40 p.m., and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to two law enforcement officials. law with knowledge of the incident. NYPD detectives began an investigation and found no signs of forced entry or obvious signs of trauma to indicate criminality. More than one in four Americans over the age of 65 fall each year, and falls are the leading cause of injury-related death in this age group, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fall deaths occur at a rate of about 64 deaths per 100,000 seniors, he said. The former president and his children mourned her death in statements on the Internet. Ivanka tweeted: “Devastated by the death of my mother. Mom was brilliant, charming, passionate and incredibly funny. He lived life to the fullest… I will miss him forever.” Her siblings also shared family photos online. Devastated by my mother’s death. Mom was brilliant, charming, passionate and incredibly funny. She lived life to the fullest — never missing an opportunity to laugh and dance. I will forever miss her and keep her memory alive in our hearts. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/EyhrLNLUJw — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) July 14, 2022 Ivana, who was born in the Czech Republic, married Donald in 1977. They divorced in 1992. In the 1980s, Donald and Ivana were one of the most famous power couples in New York, frequently appearing in the tabloids with a social profile that seemed to grow at the same pace as the Trump business empire. Throughout their marriage, Ivana, a former skier and model, played an active role in her husband’s businesses. Ivana Trump, the first wife of Donald Trump, has died at the age of 73 After her death, the testimony of the former president and two of his grown children — Donald Jr. and Ivanka — in the wide-ranging fraud investigation of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) was postponed. The filings were originally scheduled to take place during a six-day period that began Friday. “In light of Ivana Trump’s death yesterday, we received a request from attorneys for Donald Trump and his children to postpone all three depositions, which we agreed to,” said Delaney Kebner, a spokeswoman for the attorney general’s office in New York. York. . “This is a temporary delay and deposits will be rescheduled as soon as possible. There is no further information on dates or otherwise at this time.” John Wagner and Mariana Alfaro contributed to this report.
