Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, died on Saturday 15/08/2020

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Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, died on Saturday night aged 71 after being hospitalised in New York.

Donald Trump:It is with [a] heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight," he said in a statement on Saturday.

The president had visited his brother in hospital in New York the day before his death, telling reporters: "He's having a hard time."

It is unclear what caused Robert Trump's death.

A number of US media reports suggested he had been seriously ill.

"He was not just my brother, he was my best friend," Donald Trump said in a statement on Saturday. "His memory will live on in my heart forever."

ABOUT ROBERT TRUMP
Robert Stewart Trump was an American business executive and real estate developer and younger brother of U.S. President Donald Trump. 

Robert Trump was born in 1948 and was one of four siblings to the President, including the late Fred Trump, Jr. He was a former top executive at the Trump Organization. He married Ann Marie Pallan earlier this year and was previously married to Blaine (Beard) Trump.

Before his death, Robert Trump resided in Millbrook, New York, in the Hudson Valley. 

Robert Trump said in 2016 that he supported his brother's presidential runand according to Town & Country, he hosted events and fundraisers in Millbrook for his brother and other Republicans.
In June, Robert Trump filed a temporary restraining order in an attempt to block the publication of an unflattering tell-all book by Mary Trump, Fred Trump Jr.'s daughter.