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Former United States President Donald Trump announced this Thursday, July 14, the death of his first wife,
businesswoman, model, writer and designer
Ivana Trump (Czechoslovakia, 1949).
Through Twitter, the tycoon communicated the sad news that she was the mother of her children Donald, Ivanka and Eric Trump and
that she has died at the age of 73.
The cause of her death is still not entirely clear, but everything seems to indicate that
it would be an accident,
since she was found unconscious near a staircase in her house in New York City, according to the Associated Press .
But beyond having been a mother and wife, Ivana Trump (born Ivana Marie Zelníková)
was a person who stood out in different fields in life.
First as a skier, since in 1972 she was selected as a substitute for the Czechoslovakian team at the Sapporo Olympics.
Then as a fur model in Canada.
Country in which
she landed in 1975 after marrying the Canadian George Syrovatka.
Her childhood friend and manager of a ski shop.
However, in 1976,
this marriage comes to an end and he moves to New York.
Thanks to her master's degree in physical education from Charles University in Prague,
she will go as a promoter for the Montreal Olympics.
There she met Donald Trump, who was then just starting out in the business world at the hands of her father, Fred Trump.
After the insistent courtships of the young man, in 1977 she will accept him as her husband.
In the 1980s, Trump appointed him manager of Trump Castle and the Plaza Hotel.
Donald and Ivana Trump in 1991GTRES
Infidelity, divorce and book
After having three children with him and a marriage of more than a decade, Ivana Trump decided to
end her relationship with Donald Trump in 1991.
After discovering that her husband was cheating on her with actress Marla Maples.
Shattered by the news, she decided to wage a legal battle against her ex to take away half of her estate.
Ultimately, she managed to keep $25 million in cash,
the family mansion, and $5 million in alimony.
In addition to other properties and jewelry.
In non-financial terms, he continued to have
a good relationship with the tycoon for the sake of his children.
She even recorded a Pizza Hut ad with Trump in 1998. Reverted to divorce counselor,
in 2001 she began writing a column on how to handle separation correctly
and made a cameo in the movie
The First Wives Club saying her favorite phrase:
" Remember girls, don't get mad at them, take everything away from them."
Ivana Trump with her children Donald, Ivanka and Eric in 2011GTRES
After this, she became an icon for women let down by men and published three books, one of them self-help and titled
The Best Yet to Come: Dealing with Divorce and Enjoying Life
.
However, it was not long before she married again.
Specifically, she with the millionaire
mining businessman Riccardo Mazzucchelli.
The marriage would last two years.
In 2008, she got engaged
to Italian actor Rossano Rubicondi, 24 years her junior.
A friend of Donald Trump, as far as possible, asked him to organize her wedding and that her daughter Ivanka
be the maid of honor.
The link, held in Palm Beach (Florida)
, was attended by 400 people and cost three million dollars.
Finally, this marriage was dissolved in 2009. In total, Ivana Trump was married four times,
her longest relationship being the one she had with the former US president.
A very familiar person until the end of her days
, she regularly met with her children
and her ex-husband to create a solid nucleus of concord and affection.
She lived her last years free and happy
.
Today, her entire family mourns her loss.
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