Ivana Trump, former wife of Donald Trump, dies at 73

Donald Trump issued a statement on his ex-wife's passing on his social media platform, Truth Social.

The Trumps were a publicity power couple in New York in the 1980s and 1990s before their equally public, and messy, divorce after Donald Trump met his next wife, Marla Maples. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Ivana Trump, the first wife of Donald Trump, has died in New York City, the former president announced on social media Thursday.

“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,” Trump posted on Truth Social.