Donald Trump and his family say goodbye to Ivana at a funeral in New York

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Donald Trump

and his entire family gathered this Wednesday in

to attend the funeral of Ivana Trump, the former US president's first wife and mother of three of his children, who died last week at the age of 73.

The service took place in the Catholic Church of San Vicente Ferrer, in Manhattan, and was attended not only by the couple's three children -

- but also by many other members of the clan, including the current wife of the New York tycoon ,

;

his son

and Trump's daughter with

,

.

Several of them took the floor during the act to remember the former model and businesswoman, who emigrated from

to the United States and who married Trump in 1977, forming one of the most popular couples of the New York jet set during that time.

"It was the personalization of the American dream. It was a force of nature," her son Eric recalled her today at the funeral, according to the New York Post.

"He treated all three of us (children) with an

, but also with a heart of gold," said the middle son of the couple, who divorced in 1992 amid much media scrutiny following Trump's affair with the actress Marla Maples, whom he would marry a year later.

Ivana, who decided to keep her first husband's surname, developed a versatile career from then on,

, writing several books and collaborating in magazines.

His death took place last Thursday and, according to the authorities, would have been the result of a fall on the stairs of his luxurious home in New York.

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