トランプ氏の元妻イバナさん死去　７３歳

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】ドナルド・トランプ前米大統領（７６）の最初の妻イバナ・トランプさんが死去した。７３歳。トランプ氏が１４日、発表した。（写真はイバナさん）
　トランプ氏は自身が立ち上げたＳＮＳ「トゥルース・ソーシャル」への投稿で、イバナさんがニューヨークの自宅で死去したと説明。「すてきで、美しく、素晴らしい女性」だったと追悼した。
　トランプ氏は死因を明らかにしていないが、米紙ニューヨーク・タイムズは、自宅の階段から転落した可能性について捜査当局が調べていると報じている。
　ニューヨーク市警察は事件性はないとみている。また、同市検視当局が死因の特定を進めるとした。
　共産圏の旧チェコスロバキア出身のモデルだったイバナさんは１９７７年、まだ不動産業駆け出しだったトランプ氏と結婚。長男ドナルド・トランプ・ジュニア氏、長女イヴァンカ氏、次男エリック氏の子ども３人をもうけた。
　９０年代初めにトランプ氏と離婚した後は、衣料品や宝飾品、化粧品のブランドを立ち上げて成功を収めた他、複数の書籍も執筆した。
　トランプ氏は９３年に２番目の妻マーラ・メイプルズさんと再婚。９９年に離婚し、２００５年に現在の妻メラニア氏と結婚した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/07/15-10:20）

Ivana Trump -- Donald Trump's first wife and mother of his three eldest children -- died on Thursday at the age of 73, the former president announced.
Ivana Trump passed away at her home in New York City, Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
He did not provide a cause of death but the New York Times reported that law enforcement officials were investigating whether she fell down the stairs at her Manhattan apartment.
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department told AFP in an emailed statement that officers responded to a call at her address on the Upper East Side at around 12:40 pm (1740 GMT).
Upon arrival, officers observed a 73 year-old female unconscious and unresponsive. EMS (emergency medical services) responded to the location and pronounced the victim deceased at the scene, the spokesperson said.
The statement added that there does not appear to be any criminality and that the city's medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
Donald Trump, 76, said in his social media post that Ivana Trump 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! he added.
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.
Eric Trump posted a tribute to his mother, who was also an accomplished skier during her childhood in Eastern Europe, on Instagram Thursday.
Our mother was an incredible woman ? a force in business, a world-class athlete, a radiant beauty, and caring mother and friend, the post said.
She will be dearly missed by her mother, her three children and ten grandchildren, he added.
Throughout the '80s, the Trumps were one of New York's highest-profile couples, their extravagant lifestyle exemplifying the flashy excesses of the decade.
Their power and celebrity grew as Donald Trump'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 Trump's affair with actress Marla Maples, provided juicy content for New York's tabloids.
Donald Trump and Ivana Trump divorced in the early '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.
Donald Trump's union with Maples lasted until 1999. He married has third and current wife, Melania Trump, in 2005.
Ivana Trump was married four times in her life, once before her marriage to Donald Trump and twice after.