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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Ivana Trump has died. The first wife of Donald Trump was 73. People who were around at the time of that marriage from the 1970s to the 1990s could hardly avoid her name or her tabloid newspaper fame. NPR's Tamara Keith reports. TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: An accomplished skier as a child in Czechoslovakia, Ivana Trump was working as a model in 1976 when she met the budding real estate mogul. She and Donald Trump had three children Don Jr., Eric and Ivanka. As Trump built his real estate business, Ivana took on executive roles, doing interior design for the gaudy hotels and casinos. When the marriage crumbled, he had an affair with actress Marla Maples. The Trumps' troubles were a fixture of tabloid front pages. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DONALD TRUMP: This was the biggest of the big. It was crazy. It was out of control. And I guess it had all the elements of a soap opera. KEITH: Ivana reportedly accused Trump of ripping her hair out and sexually assaulting her. Though, she later walked back the allegation. The messy divorce finalized in 1992. Three years later, the pair appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial winking at their split. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) IVANA TRUMP: May I have the last slice? TRUMP: Actually, you're only entitled to half. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Large, just 9.99. KEITH: Ivana Trump was so famous for her divorce, she made a cameo appearance in the 1996 film "The First Wives Club." (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE FIRST WIVES CLUB") TRU...

Next thing, a hand graced her shoulder. "I turn around, and there is this very good-looking guy – tall, blonde, all-American — and he said, 'hello, my name is Donald Trump.'" He offered to help her get a table, and Ivana told the others, "Girls, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that we are going to get a table very soon, but the bad news is that this guy is going to go and sit with us." Sure enough, Trump did sit with them but disappeared towards the end of the dinner and the meal "was taken care of." Ivana was impressed by the gesture, saying "I have never met a man [who would] pay for something and he didn't want anything in return. ... Little did I know," she joked.

Ivana Trump, the first wife of President Donald Trump, has died. She was 73 years old. "Our mother was an incredible woman -- a force in business, a world-class athlete, a radiant beauty, and caring mother and friend," the Trump family said in a statement."Ivana Trump was a survivor. She fled from communism and embraced this country. She taught her children about grit and toughness, compassion and determination," the family continued. "She will be dearly missed by her mother, her three children and ten grandchildren." Here, a look back at her life. "My ex said, ' New York Post at a fashion show in September 2017. The Czechoslovakia native turned it down though, explaining, "It’s four years in Prague, so bye-bye to Miami, bye-bye to New York in spring and fall, bye-bye to Saint-Tropez in summer." That didn't sit well with current Czech President Milos Zeman, who " Prague Daily Monitor. Zeman said he could not imagine a better candidate for the job than Ivana and called her a "coward" for turning it down. Ivana's Raising Trump covers her journey from communist Czechoslovakia to New York, where she became a businesswoman and wife to Donald, and "unfiltered personal stories" about her children, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. The three of them contributed "memories" to the book and Previously, Ivana published a semi-autobiographical romance novel, Shortly after her highly publicized divorce, Ivana began to establish herself independently as a businesswoman. Not only did she wr...

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