Ivana Trump Funeral: Donald Trump and Children Attend ‘Wonderful Send-off’

THE GUARDIAN: Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric – Ivana’s three children with her ex-husband – gather for memorial at Catholic church in Manhattan

Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive for the funeral mass of Ivana Trump, his first wife, in Manhattan on Wednesday. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters
Ivana Trump, the businesswoman who helped her husband build an empire that launched him to the presidency, was celebrated at a funeral mass in New York City on Wednesday.

At St Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Ivana’s three children with the former president Donald Trump – Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric – arrived with family members just before 1.40pm, before the gold casket was taken into the church.

Donald Trump, Melania, and their son, Barron, entered the church through the side door.

Tiffany Trump, the daughter of the former president and Marla Maples, for whom Donald Trump divorced Ivana, also attended the service. So did family friends including the Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, and Charles Kushner, a real estate developer and the father of Ivanka Trump’s husband. The fashion designer Dennis Basso, a longtime friend of Ivana Trump, was also among the mourners.

“It was an elegant and wonderful send-off for Ivana Trump,” said publicist R Couri Hay, an attendee. “The church was blanketed in red flowers, red roses – Ivana’s favorite flowers. It was majestic, it was sober.

“I would say that the church was drenched in tears,” Hay also said. » | Victoria Bekiempis in New York and agencies | Wednesday, July 20, 2022

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Ivana Trump’s Death Is Ruled Accidental

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Ms. Trump, an ex-wife of former President Donald J. Trump, died by blunt impact injuries, according to New York City’s chief medical examiner.

Ivana Trump, who was a fixture on New York City’s social scene for decades, was found dead at her home on the Upper East Side on Thursday. | Jason Decrow/Associated Press
Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of former president Donald J. Trump, died accidentally of blunt impact injuries to her torso, according to New York City’s chief medical examiner.

The office, which announced its determination in a news release on Friday afternoon, said it would have no further comment on the death of Ms. Trump, 73.

Two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the matter had said on Thursday that the police were investigating whether Ms. Trump had fallen down the stairs at her Upper East Side home. One of the officials said there was no sign of forced entry at the home.

Ms. Trump and Mr. Trump, who had three children together, married in 1977 and divorced 13 years later. During their marriage, they formed a quintessential 1980s power couple and reigned jointly over New York’s tabloid culture. She was credited with giving him the nickname “The Donald.” » | Ed Shanahan | Friday, July 15, 2022

Ivana Trump died of blunt force injuries to her torso, medical examiner says: Donald Trump’s first wife died aged 73 at her Manhattan home and the fatal injuries are believed to be unintentional »

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Ivana Trump, la première épouse de Donald Trump, est morte

LE MONDE : Cette ancienne skieuse de fond et mannequin d’origine tchèque fut mariée au milliardaire républicain de 1977 à 1992. Elle avait 73 ans.

Ivana Trump aux côtés de sa fille, Ivanka, le 4 août 2001 à Monaco. VANINA LUCCHESI / AFP
Ivana Trump, la première femme de l’ancien président américain Donald Trump et mère de trois de ses enfants, est morte à 73 ans, a fait savoir le milliardaire républicain, jeudi 14 juillet.

« Je suis très triste d’annoncer à tous ceux qui l’aimaient, et ils étaient nombreux, qu’Ivana Trump est morte chez elle à New York », a écrit Donald Trump sur son réseau social, Truth Social. L’ancien locataire de la Maison Blanche a salué la vie « formidable » de cette ancienne skieuse de fond et mannequin d’origine tchèque, qui fut son épouse de 1977 à 1992. « Sa fierté et sa joie venaient de ses trois enfants, Donald Jr, Ivanka et Eric », a-t-il ajouté.

« Notre mère était une femme incroyable », ont assuré ses enfants dans un communiqué. « Elle a fui le communisme et a adopté ce pays », soulignent-ils. » | Le Monde avec AFP | jeudi 14 juillet 2022

FAZ BILDSTRECKE: Donald Trumps frühere Frau Ivana Trump ist gestorben »

„Umwerfend. Blond. International.“: Die Ex-Frau von Donald Trump ist in New York verstorben. Berühmt war sie nicht nur wegen ihres Ehemannes: Als Skiläuferin und Home-Shopping-Königin machte sie sich auch selbst einen Namen. »

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Ivana Trump, Ex-Wife of Donald Trump and Businesswoman, Dies at 73

THE NEW YORK TIMES: She helped build his real estate empire, though she was better known for being one half of the quintessential 1980s power couple.

Donald and Ivana Trump in the living room of their Manhattan apartment in 1979. Throughout their marriage, Mrs. Trump commanded almost as much media attention as her husband. | Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Ivana Trump, the glamorous Czech American businesswoman whose high-profile marriage to Donald J. Trump in the 1980s established them as one of the era’s quintessential New York power couples, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan. She was 73.

Mr. Trump announced her death in a statement on Truth Social, the conservative social media platform he founded.

The New York City police were investigating whether Ms. Trump fell down the stairs at her townhouse on the Upper East Side, according to two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the matter. One of the officials said that there was no sign of forced entry at the home and that the death appeared to be accidental. A spokeswoman for the city’s chief medical examiner’s office said it would investigate the death.

Throughout their marriage, Ms. Trump commanded almost as much media attention as her husband as they helped define the 1980s as an era of gaudy excess among the elite, an image that Mr. Trump used to fuel his turn as an outsize television personality before his 2016 run for the White House. » | Clay Risen | Friday, July 15, 2022

Ivana Trump, In and Out of the Spotlight: There was an Ivana Trump sighting in Manhattan the other day, and then, almost faster than you can say “surely she flew private,” she was off to Saint-Tropez, a sun-washed playground in the French Riviera, for air-kissing among V.I.P.s with security entourages close by and yachts in the distance. »

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Ivana Trump, First Wife of Donald Trump, Dies Aged 73

THE GUARDIAN: Czech-born skier and model, and mother to Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric, praised by ex-president as ‘beautiful and amazing woman’

Ivana Trump with Donald Trump in New York in 1982. The couple were prominent figures in Manhattan society during the 1980s. Photograph: Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images
Donald Trump has announced the death at 73 of Ivana Trump, his first wife and the mother of his three oldest children, Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric.

In a post to his Truth Social platform, the former president said: “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.

“She was a wonderful, beautiful and amazing woman, who led a great and inspirational life. Her pride and joy were her three children … She was so proud of them, as we were all so proud of her. Rest In Peace, Ivana!”

Ivana Trump was born in Zlin, in what is now the Czech Republic, in 1949. She became a skier, ski instructor and model, and married Donald Trump, then a New York real estate magnate, in 1977. » | Martin Pengelly in New York | Thursday, July 14, 2022