Trump bids farewell to ex-wife Ivana at funeral in New York
Ivana fell into her home and suffered an accidental “blow wound” to her torso.
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Trump leads his family during the funeral of his ex-wife, Ivana.
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Former US President Donald Trump and his two eldest sons bid farewell to his first wife Ivana, who died last week at the age of 73, at a church in New York yesterday.
Don Jr, Ivanka and Eric Trump joined their father and former first lady Melania, at their mother's funeral at St Vincent Ferrer's Church in Manhattan.
The former US president and Melania entered through a side door, while the ceremony was conducted under strict security measures.
During the ceremony, Eric Trump told the audience that his Czech-born mother was "the embodiment of the American dream," according to the New York Post.
As for Ivanka, she described her mother as a "pioneer" during the Catholic funeral, which was described as a "celebration of life".
Ivana Trump, the first wife of former US President Donald Trump, died last Thursday of an accidental "blow injury" to her torso after falling down the stairs of her home.
Model Ivana Trump, who grew up under communist rule in former Czechoslovakia in 1977, married Donald Trump, then a real estate developer, and had their first child, Donald Jr., later that year.
She had Ivanka in 1981 and Eric in 1984.
During the 1980s, the Trumps were among the most famous in New York.
With Donald Trump's business booming, the couple's power and fame grew, and Ivana assumed key roles in his real estate empire.
The great distance between them, rumored to be the result of Donald's relationship with actress Marla Maples, led to the provision of exciting content for New York newspapers.
The divorce occurred between Donald Trump and Ivana in the early nineties, and in 1993 he married the future President Maples.
Ivana Trump has achieved success in her own business in the fields of fashion, jewelry, and beauty products and has written a number of books.
She was married four times in her life, once before her marriage to Donald Trump and twice after that.
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