Ivana Trump, first wife of Donald Trump, is dead at 73

Ivana Trump, former President Donald Trump's first wife, died at the age of 73, the Trump family revealed in a statement.

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Eric Trump, Ivana's son, paid tribute to his mother in an Instagram post.

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Donald Trump described his first wife as "a fantastic, gorgeous, and remarkable woman who had a tremendous and inspirational life" in a statement posted on Truth Social.

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She met Donald Trump in 1976 while on a business trip to New York. According to the biography, the pair married in 1977.

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Ivana and Donald were regular tabloid fodder, and they consciously promoted a celebrity atmosphere around their marriage.

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The couple's deteriorating marriage was well publicised, and they split in 1992.

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She stayed in the spotlight after the divorce, capitalising on her celebrity by appearing in advertising for big companies and starting a cosmetics firm, Ivana Haute Couture.

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Ivana Trump's three adult children, Donald, Ivanka, and Eric, as well as many grandchildren, survive her.

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