Ira de Furstenberg, pillar in the creation of the most glamorous Marbella, dies at 83. Dalí wanted to paint her naked, but her husband forbade it.
She danced with Frank Sinatra, dined with Ronald Reagan, went shopping with Audrey Hepburn and gossiped with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Dedicated body and soul to sculpture, Ira de Fürstenberg created works of art, coral, jade, glass and malachite. On one occasion she bought a piece of hers to give to her lover, Juan Carlos I86.