American real estate magnate Donald Trump with his first wife, Ivana (nee Zelnickova) at the Costume Institute Gala, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 9th December 1985. (Photo by Tom Gates/Archive Photos/Getty Images)
American real estate magnate Donald Trump with his first wife, Ivana (nee Zelnickova) at the Costume Institute Gala, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 9th December 1985. (Photo by Tom Gates/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

The family of Ivana Trump said she had died. She was older than 70.

Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he was sad to inform all of those that loved her that she had died. She was a great and inspiring woman. Her children were her pride and joy. We were all proud of her as she was so proud of them. Ivana, please rest in peace.

"It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our mother, Ivana Trump," her children said. A world-class athlete, a world-class athlete's mother, and a caring mother and friend were just some of the things our mother was. She was a survivor. She left communism and settled in this country. She taught her children how to be strong and compassionate. She will be greatly missed by her family.

Police were called to her home on the Upper East Side where she was found dead.

Police say she died of natural causes and her death is not considered suspicious.

Family portrait of, from left, socialite Ivana Trump, her son Eric Trump, her former husband businessman Donald Trump, and her daughter Ivanka Trump as they sit at a table at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1998. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
Family portrait of, from left, socialite Ivana Trump, her son Eric Trump, her former husband businessman Donald Trump, and her daughter Ivanka Trump as they sit at a table at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1998. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
Ivana Trump et sa fille lvanka au defile Jean-Louis Scherrer le 27 juillet 1992 a Paris, France. (Photo by William STEVENS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Ivana Trump et sa fille lvanka au defile Jean-Louis Scherrer le 27 juillet 1992 a Paris, France. (Photo by William STEVENS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Ivana Zelnkov was born in the Czechslovakia and became a competitive skier.

According to her lawyer at the time, she married an Austrian ski instructor to get Austrian citizenship and leave the Communist Czechoslovakia. Their divorce was done in 1973.

She worked as a ski instructor in Canada.

Donald Trump met her during a modeling trip. They were married a second time.

They were the source of tabloid fodder. After his affair with Maples, they divorced.

Donald Trump married a woman. Tiffany Trump was born the same year. In 1999 they separated.

The mother of Donald Trump's son, who was born the year after their wedding, is a model from Slovenia.

Ivana Trump arrives for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research Angel Ball 2017, at Cipriani Wall Street on October 23, 2017, in New York. / AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISS (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)