Melania Trump’s mother, Amalija Knavs, died at the age of 78, one year older than her ersatz son-in-law, People Magazine reports. Knavs reportedly became seriously ill with an undisclosed illness in late 2023. At Mar-a-Lago’s New Year’s Eve end-of-year-cash-scramble, Donald Trump said Melania was missing the gala to be at her mother’s hospital bedside. “But [Knavs has] been very ill, so I just want to say ‘hello’ to the first lady — we just spoke, down in Miami, great hospital — and hopefully they’ll be ok. But it’s a tough one, it’s a very tough one. She knows probably about 95% of the people in this room. We just want to wish Amalija that she gets better as quickly as possible.”