Eric Trump visits his late mother Ivana’s Upper East Side townhouse as belongings thrown into dump
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Eric Trump was back at his late mother’s Manhattan townhouse on Wednesday, supervising the removal of her belongings six weeks after her death.
Ivana Trump, 73, was found dead inside the Upper East Side home on July 14, having fallen down the stairs. Eric, 38, was the first family member on the scene.
She was due to fly to France the following day, to return to her beloved St Tropez after a three-year absence from Europe.
On Wednesday he was back at the five-story mansion which she purchased for $2.5 million in 1992, after her divorce from Donald Trump, as removal men worked to empty the house.
Workers were seen taking out furniture such as chairs, a bookcase and an ironing board. A wooden trunk was carried outside.
Items were thrown into the compactor for transport to the dump – among them old Vogue magazines.
Also thrown out was Trump’s walker, which the former ski racer used in her later years.
Eric Trump, 38, is seen on Wednesday arriving at his mother Ivana’s townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan
Eric, the youngest child of Donald and Ivana’s marriage, was the first family member on the scene when his mother’s body was found on July 14
Contractors are seen on Wednesday standing outside Ivana’s townhouse, with its distinctive colonade
The removal men carried away what appeared to be a bookcase
Ivana’s walker is seen by the sidewalk, ready to go into the compactor and be taken away
The workers removed several chairs from the home, as the property is emptied six weeks after her death
Ivana is seen in June 2018, announcing a new diet scheme she was promoting
Ivana had grown increasingly unstable on her feet thanks to old skiing accidents catching up with her, and a more recent hip injury — the once-obsessive fitness fanatic fell at the Avra Madison Estiatorio restaurant. She was often seen out and about leaning on a cane.
Ivana’s home was considered relatively modest compared to the former mansions of Gianni Versace and David Geffen on the same block.
Yet inside it was dramatic and luxurious, with one room decorated in leopard print and a grand spiral staircase with a mural behind it.
The Czech-born former model was found dead at the bottom of the staircase, and her cause of death was recorded as a blunt-impact trauma to the torso.
Ivana and Donald Trump married in 1977, and had three children: Donald Jr, Ivanka, and Eric.
Bags of Ivana’s unwanted possessions are seen being thrown into the compactor
A wooden trunk is seen being carried out of the property – Ivana’s home from 1992 until her death
The trunk was thrown into the garbage with other belongings
Ivana’s death at the age of 73 shocked and saddened her friends and family. She was due to fly to France, to visit her beloved St Tropez, the day after her death
The pair divorced in 1992 after she discovered he was having an affair with the woman who would go on to become his second wife, Marla Maples.
She left with a $10 million certified check, $4 million more for housing, a 1987 Mercedes, and their 20,000-square-foot Greenwich, Connecticut, mansion, which she sold for $15 million.
Ivana bought the New York townhouse, plus property in Miami and Palm Beach. She also spent long periods of time in the French resort of St Tropez.
Ivana went on to become a businesswoman in her own right, as well as a media personality, fashion designer, and author.
An ironing board is seen being loaded into the garbage truck
Workmen are seen crushing the boxes and bags of garbage from the mansion
Old issues of Vogue magazine were among the items thrown into the garbage
Born behind the Soviet Iron Curtain before finding her way to Canada and then New York where she made her fortune, she is perhaps best-remembered by a line she delivered in 1996 film The First Wives Club shortly after divorcing Trump: ‘Ladies, you have to be strong and independent, and remember, don’t get mad, get everything.’
After divorcing Trump, Ivana began dating Italian former model Rossano Rubicondi, 23 years her junior, and the pair married in 2008 – only to divorce a year later.
Their on-off relationship continued until 2019.
Rubicondi died on October 29, 2021, at the age of 49.
Ivana was buried at the Trump Golf Course in Bedminster, New Jersey.