Damn.

 

I loved Ivana Trump. For a moment in the 90s she was ubiquitous. Knowing her life story growing up in Communist Czechoslovakia, fleeing to Canada for freedom, becoming a model and learning English in Montreal, meeting and marrying and divorcing Donald Trump in New York...she was a real life soap opera diva come to life. During Trump's presidency she became unusually quiet, staying away from the spotlight, and seemed to age a lot in recent years and seemed unusually frail for her age.

All that said, she was one of those pop culture figures that was a one off and signals that, indeed, time is marching on for all of us.

She lived a fabulous life, was true to herself, and was a survivor.

May she rest in peace.

2 minutes ago, DaytimeFan said:

May she rest in peace.

 

Lovely tribute, and I quote that line from the First Wives Club all the time. If you were aware of pop culture in the ‘80s and ‘90s, she was indeed ubiquitous.

Edited July 14, 20223 yr by Faulkner

Classic AbFab segment about Patsy’s similarity to Ivana: “I think she’s tremendous!”

 

42 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Classic AbFab segment about Patsy’s similarity to Ivana: “I think she’s tremendous!”

I remember when Ivana was on UK Celebrity Big Brother and she got along famously with Stephanie Beacham. Stephanie remarked to Vinnie Jones: "She is the woman I play."

This is the Ivana I'll remember in all her mid 90s glory jet setting to London, St. Tropez, Gstaad...

 

1 hour ago, DaytimeFan said:

I remember when Ivana was on UK Celebrity Big Brother and she got along famously with Stephanie Beacham. Stephanie remarked to Vinnie Jones: "She is the woman I play."

This is the Ivana I'll remember in all her mid 90s glory jet setting to London, St. Tropez, Gstaad...

 

She was so funny, charismatic, and effervescent. (Paula Poundstone, what a throwback.)

 

Ivana knew that man was trash from the jump and only bounced when he found a younger squeeze and knocked her up. She was just as complicit in his decades of scamming others as his other two baby mamas… I’m too familiar with death to rewrite history for someone so undeserving, movie cameos don’t make someone a good person. Even in her most recent interviews she was celebrating Donald and kissing his ass. I’m shocked at the amount of posters in here trying to make her out to be some survivor/hero who should be celebrated. Let us not forget that she self-proclaims to have raised the 3 demons. Don Jr. looks like he’s in a constant state of needing his splines reticulated.

Edited July 15, 20223 yr by victoria foxton

A cardiac arrest (as suspected) preceded her fall. Such a shame. At 73, she seemed to have more life to live and out of all the Trumps, she clearly was the better at business.

And also as suspected, the conspiracy theorists are at it with a quickness.

I have no particular deep affection for Ivana Trump, but I'm just glad she scalped Donald for what little he was worth.

2 hours ago, Vee said:

I have no particular deep affection for Ivana Trump, but I'm just glad she scalped Donald for what little he was worth.

Same. Also add for the way she needled “Melanie” to great effect.

These guys so defined the Philly Sound, and his voice was their calling card. Their songs just evoke long Sunday drives with the family:

 

Sad news for fans of ‘80s/early ‘90s British rock and the Madchester sound:

 

The message from his brother and bandmate (whom most have expected to go first, due to Shaun’s heavy drug problems throughout his life):

 

I definitely thought Shaun Ryder would go first, lol. What a shame.

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