The fourth husband of Ivana Trump, Italian actor and model, Rossano Rubicondi has died.
News of the 49-year-olds death was announced on Twitter by Italian television presenter, Simona Ventura on Friday evening.
‘Rossano… Thanks for the journey we made together, for the good times and the bad, and also the tears and laughter, so many, and everything that we did together. Farewell. RiP,’ she tweeted.
Although the cause of his death has not been revealed, one Italian publication suggests Rubicondi had been ill for the past year.
The fourth husband of Ivana Trump, Italian actor and model, Rossano Rubicondi has died at 49
Together again: In August, Ivana was pictured enjoying a walk with her on-again-off-again partner Rossano Rubicondi, 49.
News of the 49-year-olds death was announced on Twitter by Italian television presenter, Simona Ventura on Friday evening
Even after their divorce, the couple had an on-again, off-again relationship which continued until 2019, when Ivana announced they had ‘called it quits’. They are pictured in 2018 during the Italian version of Dancing With The Stars
Trump dated Rubicondi for six years before they married in April 2008 when he was 36 and she was 59.
The couple’s $3 million wedding for 400 guests was hosted by her ex-husband Donald Trump with daughter Ivanka as her maid of honor.
Although Ivana and Rubicondi divorced less than a year later, their on-again, off-again relationship continued until 2019, when Ivana announced they had once again ‘called it quits’.
At the moment it is not clear if Rubicondi was ill. The causes of the 49-year-old’s death are still unknown.
Rossano Rubicondi in the Italian reality show ‘Isola Dei Famosi 6’ in Honduras in 2008 – the Italian version of ‘I’m A Celebrity’
Rossano Rubicondi Ivana Trump’s former husband Rossano Rubicondi is pictured in a publicity photograph from 2008
This past summer appears to have been relatively low-key for Ivana – who usually travels to Europe during the warmer months, but she appeared to have opted out of any far-flung trips, perhaps because of the COVID pandemic.
Instead, the businesswoman had been spotted out and about in New York on a handful of occasions – most recently enjoying a fun-filled dinner before heading out for a stroll with her on-again-off-again partner Rossano Rubicondi, 49, in August.
The pair have always maintained that they are just very close friends, though Rossano had even said previously said that a romantic reunion is always possible.
Ivana announced their split back in June 2019 before escaping to Saint-Tropez for the summer, admitting that the time she spends on the French Riviera was part of the reason why she and her longtime beau couldn’t make their relationship work.
‘The relationship just ran its course,’ she told Page Six. ‘Rossano spends a lot of time in Italy and I spent a lot of time in New York, Miami, and Saint-Tropez, and he has to work.’
In August, she was then seen strolling around the city with her on-again-off-again partner Rossano Rubicondi, 49
‘The long-distance relationship really doesn’t work,’ she added. ‘We had a good time and are friends. The split was amicable.’
Rossano, meanwhile, asserted that he has ‘good respect’ for the businesswoman following their breakup, but he later made it clear that her children were a source of ire in their romance.
He emphasized that he wasn’t after the matriarch’s fortune and suggested that money was often something he quarreled with her children about.
The former couple dated for six years before they tied the knot in 2008 during a lavish $3 million ceremony at Mar-A-Lago, the Palm Beach estate owned by none other than Ivana’s second ex-husband, Donald Trump.
But just eight months after their Midsummer Night’s Dream-themed nuptials, Ivana and Rossano announced their upcoming divorce.
Ivana said she had actually filed for separation three months prior and blamed the split on her and Rossano’s different preferences for their cities of residence.
The couple had faced rumors that Rossano had been unfaithful to her while filming the TV show Survivor in Honduras, which Ivana denied in her Page Six column just a month before their split.
The couple officially split in 2019, however Rossano hinted at the time that there was a possibility they would reunite romantically again
Rossano was Ivana’s fourth husband after Alfred Winklmayr, Donald, and Riccardo Mazzucchelli, but the two didn’t stay apart for long.
Ivana has been living in New York City since the mid-1970s, after relocating to the US from Canada, following her move from her home in Czechoslovakia, and she has spent much of that time residing on the Upper East Side, where she currently lives in a sprawling apartment.
It was in Manhattan where the former model met Trump, with whom she tied the knot in 1977. The couple were married for 13 years before divorcing in 1990 after Trump had an affair with Marla Maples, who went on to become his second wife.
However relations between Trump and Ivana – who have three children together, Don Jr, Eric, and Ivanka – have remained cordial over the years, and she recently revealed that she had spoken to her ex-husband to wish him a happy birthday in June.
‘Donald hates his birthdays,’ Ivana revealed to People. ‘So I did speak to him and wished him happy birthday and told him, “Don’t worry about your age. Age is just a number…”‘
Many of Ivana’s children have chosen to move away from New York in the past year however, with both Ivanka and Don Jr opting to follow in their father’s footsteps by relocating to Florida after Trump’s presidency ended in January.
Eric is currently the only one of Ivana and Donald’s children still living in the city, where he is based with his wife Lara and their kids.
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