Ivana Trump, a longtime businesswoman and ex-wife of Donald Trump, has died at her home in New York, the former president posted Thursday on Truth Social.
The New York Police Department said later Thursday that “there does not appear to be any foul play” related to Ivana Trump’s death. She was 73.
According to a statement, police received a 911 call for an “assistance” around 12:40 a.m. ET and found a “73-year-old woman unconscious and unresponsive.”
Emergency services pronounced her dead at the scene, police said, adding that the medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
Ivana Trump was the mother of Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump.
“I am very saddened to inform all those who loved her, and there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York. She was a wonderful, beautiful and amazing woman who led a great and inspiring 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!” Donald Trump posted.
Eric Trump also posted on Instagram, saying in part that his mother was “a force in business, a world-class athlete, a radiant beauty, and a caring mother and friend.”
Raised in communist Czechoslovakia, Ivana Trump partnered with Donald Trump on some of his most famous real estate projects. They divorced in 1992 after his tabloid affair with Marla Maples, who later became Donald Trump’s second wife and mother of their daughter, Tiffany.
In his book Trump: The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump referred to Ivana Trump as a “great manager” and described her as “demanding and very competitive.” He also put her in charge of running Trump’s Atlantic City mansion instead of hiring an outside general manager.
“When it comes to running a casino, good management skills are just as important as a specific gaming experience,” he wrote. “She proved me right.”
When the couple finally settled down, Ivana walked away with $14 million, in addition to other perks like a huge mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut.
“My mother is a boisterous woman, full of passion for life and adventure, which made it difficult for her to stay in one place for long,” Ivanka Trump wrote in her 2009 book, The Trump Card. “My parents are strikingly similar in that respect. They’ve drifted apart and even when they’ve been together, they seem to have been cut in different ways, but they share one approach to life: all out, all the time.’
After the divorce, Ivana Trump married and divorced twice more while maintaining a jet-setting and world-traveling lifestyle.
In 2017, she told “CBS Sunday Morning” that she turned down Donald Trump’s offer to be ambassador to her native Czech Republic, citing her “freedom” and “perfect life.”
“I was just offered to be the American ambassador to the Czech Republic – and Donald told me. He said, ‘Ivana, if you want it, I’m giving it to you,'” Trump said in the interview. “But I like my freedom. I like to do what I want, go where I want, with whom I want. And I can afford my lifestyle.”
“Okay, why should I go say goodbye to Miami in the winter, goodbye to St. Tropez in the summer, and goodbye to spring and fall in New York?” she continued. “I have a perfect life.”
This story was updated with additional details on Thursday.
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