Ivana Trump died of accidental ‘blunt impact’ to torso: official

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New York (AFP) โ€“ Ivana Trump, the first wife of the former US president, died of โ€œblunt impact injuriesโ€ to the torso in an accident, New Yorkโ€™s chief medical examiner said on Friday.ย 

The statement did not specify the circumstances, but US media reported that police had been investigating whether the 73-year-old died falling down the stairs at her Manhattan home.

A spokesperson for the New York Police Department told AFP in an emailed statement Thursday that officers responded to a call at Ivana Trumpโ€™s address on the Upper East Side, and found her โ€œunconscious and unresponsive.โ€

She was pronounced dead at the scene, and the statement added that โ€œthere does not appear to be any criminality.โ€

Donald Trump announced her death on Thursday, calling her a โ€œwonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great and inspirational life.โ€

He said her โ€œpride and joyโ€ were the coupleโ€™s three children, Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric Trump.

Ivana Trump, a model who grew up under communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia, married Donald Trump, then a budding real estate developer, in 1977.

Their first child, Donald Jr., was born later that year. Ivanka was born in 1981 and Eric followed in 1984.

Throughout the โ€™80s, the Trumps were one of New Yorkโ€™s highest-profile couples, their extravagant lifestyle exemplifying the flashy excesses of the decade.

Their power and celebrity grew as Donald Trumpโ€™s property business soared, with Ivana Trump taking on number of key roles in the business.

Their high-profile split, rumored to have been caused in part by Donald Trumpโ€™s affair with actress Marla Maples, provided juicy content for New Yorkโ€™s tabloids.

Donald Trump and Ivana Trump divorced in the early โ€™90s and in 1993 the future president married Maples.

Ivana Trump went on to enjoy a successful business career of her own, developing clothing, jewelry and beauty products and penning a number of books.

She was married four times in her life, once before her marriage to Donald Trump and twice after.

On Friday, a US justice official said depositions of Donald Trump, Donald Jr and Ivanka in New Yorkโ€™s civil probe into alleged fraud at his family business had been postponed following her death.

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