# Ivana Trump is dead at 73 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [July 14, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969 "2022-07-14T20:30:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/1 "2022-07-14T20:30:38Z")
[https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/politics/ivana-trump-death/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/politics/ivana-trump-death/index.html) > Ivana Trump, an ex-wife of Donald Trump, has died in her home in New York City, the former President posted on Truth Social. > > There was no word on a cause. Ivana Trump is the mother of Donald Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump. She was 73. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/2 "2022-07-14T20:32:58Z")
Wow! Hadn’t heard that. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/3 "2022-07-14T20:34:29Z")
How long until Donald says something inappropriate about her? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/4 "2022-07-14T20:42:41Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > How long until Donald says something inappropriate about her? - Depends on how many are sitting on him. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/5 "2022-07-14T20:47:33Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > How long until Donald says something inappropriate about her? > “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, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. She was so proud of them, as we were all so proud of her. Rest In Peace, Ivana!,” Donald Trump [posted](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/108647350940945943). The only inappropriate thing I see there is the exclamation point at the end. It looks like, ‘Bye! Have fun!’ rather than a solemn farewell. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/6 "2022-07-14T20:48:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > the former President posted on Truth Social. While I have no reason to doubt this news, I hesitate to believe anything just because Donald Trump says so. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/7 "2022-07-14T20:56:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The only inappropriate thing I see there is the exclamation point at the end. There’s a “donate!” link right under it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/8 "2022-07-14T21:03:33Z")
I don’t believe for a _second_ he wrote that. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/9 "2022-07-14T21:27:47Z")
Athlete seems like a strange thing to add. It looks like she was fairly athletic in her school days, but never performed as an official athlete in any professional competition. So I’d assume that it was added into the description by someone who knew her well enough to want to emphasize the things that she would have thought about herself - even if no one else would. I don’t know whether Donald wrote it, but I’d venture to believe that it was written by someone who knew her well - probably family. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/10 "2022-07-14T21:31:11Z")
The obituary in the New York Times says, “An athletically gifted child, Ivana was particularly adept at skiing, competing with the Czech junior national team, an experience that allowed her to see at least some of the world outside of her small town.” So even if not “professionally” she did ski competitively. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/11 "2022-07-14T21:35:48Z")
I appreciate Trump wrote something moderately classy! Given his profound reflection on the human condition and heartfelt wish for uniting mankind under a banner of happiness and solidarity, one assumes he fought the temptation to write “Sad!” or something about the perpendicular pronoun. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/12 "2022-07-14T21:38:25Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Trump wrote Cite? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/13 "2022-07-14T21:45:11Z")
One can’t help but wonder if we’ll have another one of these Melania sightings in the next day or so: [![](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3sqZO9xlnfg1JALqgx7Bqv9nqfY=/1400x1050/filters:format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11578797/My_Post__21_.jpg) ](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3sqZO9xlnfg1JALqgx7Bqv9nqfY=/1400x1050/filters:format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11578797/My_Post__21_.jpg) I don’t know enough about Ivana to bear her much animus, but she _did_ spawn Don, Jr. And it’s really hard to gloss over that. ---
**Author:** ![Kelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@Kelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelby)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/14 "2022-07-14T21:46:53Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > > > How long until Donald says something inappropriate about her? > > > “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, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. She was so proud of them, as we were all so proud of her. Rest In Peace, Ivana!,” Donald Trump [posted](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/108647350940945943). > > The only inappropriate thing I see there is the exclamation point at the end. It looks like, ‘Bye! Have fun!’ rather than a solemn farewell. The one I saw had a “Donate to Save America” button at the end… ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/15 "2022-07-14T21:48:44Z")
You are right. It may have been someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/16 "2022-07-14T21:48:55Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So even if not “professionally” she did ski competitively. Skiing actually provides the context for one of the more notable Ivana/Donald encounters. As breathlessly reported at the time, Ivana confronted Marla Maples (who Trump left her for) in Aspen, calling her a bitch and telling her to stay away from Donald. When Trump tried to sneak away, the reports are that Ivana - skilled skier that she was - got in front of him and skied backwards so she could yell at him. > [@](#): > > Two days later, according to one witness, when Maples, 26, walked out of Bonnie’s, Ivana confronted her, demanding, “You bitch, leave my husband alone.” Trump, who was sitting within earshot putting on his skis, took off down the mountain. Wrong move: Ivana is an excellent skier; Donald is not. When the formidable Czech pushed off in hot pursuit, fascinated observers swear they saw her whip in front of Donald and then ski backwards down the slopes, wagging her finger in his face. > **[The Trumps Head for Divorce Court](https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-trumps-head-for-divorce-court-vol-33-no-8/)** > > The biggest! The flashiest! The most public! Yes, Donald and Ivana bust up their marriage ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/17 "2022-07-14T22:12:01Z")
I thought all that stuff about Ivana being a champion skier had been debunked as Trump lies. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/18 "2022-07-14T22:30:51Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > … Given his profound reflection on the human condition and heartfelt wish for uniting mankind under a banner of happiness and solidarity, one assumes he fought the temptation to write “Sad!” or something about the perpendicular pronoun. I was half expecting something along the lines of “I hardly even knew her, she just brought me coffee and babies sometimes.” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/19 "2022-07-14T22:32:57Z")
The first story I saw (sorry, don’t have a link handy) said that she was found “unresponsive” at the bottom of a flight of stairs. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969/20 "2022-07-14T22:36:12Z")
I read that too, found at the bottom of her stairs. With the upcoming deposition of the Trumps scheduled, ir may be delayed because of the funeral arrangements. How convenient? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969.md?page=2)