According to a post submitted to Truth Social by former President Donald Trump, Ivana Trump, his ex-wife, and mother of Ivanka, Eric, and Don Jr., died Thursday. She was 73.
The NY Post reported that Trump was discovered at the bottom of a staircase in her home on 10 E. 64th St. in Manhattan at 12:40 p.m., police sources confirmed. Authorities believe she suffered cardiac arrest, but the official cause of death has yet to be determined. She was found by cops who were called to her home for a wellness check, police said.
“Our mother was an incredible woman — a force in business, a world-class athlete, a radiant beauty, and caring mother and friend,” Eric Trump said in a statement announcing her death. “She will be dearly missed by her mother, her three children, and ten grandchildren.”
A source close to Ivanka Trump told The NY Post the former first daughter is in “shock” over her mother’s death.
“They were super close,” the source said, adding that Ivana Trump had spent her last days with family in New York City.
Trump, born Ivana Marie Zelníčková, married Donald Trump in 1977. The two divorced in 1992, but she kept her ex-husband’s surname. She held many roles in the Trump family businesses throughout her life.
“I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York City,” the former president wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform. “She was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great and inspirational life.”
