Robert Trump
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Robert Trump | |
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| Born | Robert Stewart Trump August 26, 1948 New York City U.S. |
| Died | August 15, 2020 (aged 71) New York City U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Blaine Trump (m. 1980, div. 2009) Ann Marie Pallan (2020; his death) |
| Parent(s) | Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (mother) Fred Trump (father) |
| Family | Trump family |
Robert Stewart Trump (August 26, 1948 – August 15, 2020)[1] was an American business executive and real estate developer and younger brother of President Donald Trump.
Early life and education
Trump was born to Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod.[2]
Career
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Trump joined his father's business and came to manage the Trump Organization's real estate holdings outside Manhattan.[3][4] He served on the board of directors for ZeniMax Media from 2000[5] to 2020.[6]
Personal life
Trump had four siblings, including Maryanne, Fred, Jr., Elizabeth, and President Donald Trump.[2][7] He lived in Millbrook, New York.[8] Trump married Blaine Beard, whom he met at a Christie's fundraiser.[9] The two filed for divorce in 2007.[10] Trump's second wife was Ann Marie Pallan, married in March 2020. She had been his secretary for many years.[11]
According to media reports, Trump was notoriously reserved and publicity-averse.[8] Some friends and neighbors have reported his personality was markedly different from that of his older brother, Donald Trump.[8] He was also known as a generous, but modest, philanthropist.[8]
On August 14, the White House announced he had been hospitalized in Manhattan, and that his brother, Donald, would visit him.[12] Trump died the next day, August 15. Mary Trump, in an interview to Greenpeace a few days before his death, said that Robert Trump had been sick and hospitalized "a couple of times in the last three months."[13] In a statement, President Trump said: "He was not just my brother, he was my best friend."[14][15]
Mary Trump's book lawsuit
- Main article:Too Much and Never Enough
In June 2020, Trump filed a lawsuit seeking to preclude the upcoming publication of the book by his and Donald Trump's niece, Mary L. Trump, Too Much and Never Enough. Trump's lawsuit was based on a 2001 confidentiality agreement Mary Trump signed in settling a lawsuit related to her grandfather, Fred Trump's, will and estate.[16]
Justice Hal B. Greenwald of the New York Supreme Court ruled in July 2020 that the book's publisher, Simon & Schuster was not a party to the 2001 NDA and its rights to publish the book were not restricted by that agreement. Greenwald affirmed that Mary Trump's contract with the publisher gave her no ability to halt publication at that point.[17] The book was published as scheduled on July 14, 2020.
References
- ^ Chabba, Seerat (November 15, 2016). "Who Are Donald Trump's Siblings?". International Business Times. Yahoo News. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ a b Hannan, Martin (May 20, 2016). "An inconvenient truth? Donald Trump's Scottish mother was a low-earning migrant". The National. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ Blair, Gwenda (2015). The Trumps: Three Generations of Builders and a Presidential Candidate. Simon & Schuster. p. 454. ISBN 1501139363.
- ^ Horowitz, Jason (January 2, 2016). "For Donald Trump, Lessons From a Brother's Suffering". New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ "ZeniMax Media Board of Directors". Archived from the original on December 2, 2000. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ "ZeniMax Media Board of Directors". Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ "Trump's Brother and Yankees Executive Coming to Hudson Valley". WKXP. January 9, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Kasssel, Matthew (November 2, 2016). "Where Has Donald Trump's Brother Robert Been During This Election?". Town & Country. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ "The Winning Ways of Blaine Trump". New York Times. October 28, 1987. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ Rosenblum, Emma (December 8, 2007). "Divorce, Park Avenue Style". New York Magazine. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ "Robert Trump marries girlfriend Ann Marie Pallan".
- ^ "Robert Trump, Donald's brother, seriously ill in New York hospital". The Guardian. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ "Fireside fire drill with Jane Fonda and Mary Trump". Greenpeace USA. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Robert Trump, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, dead at age 71". CNN. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ "Robert S. Trump, the President's Younger Brother, Dies at 71". New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ Jacobs, Shayna (July 13, 2020). "Judge affirms Trump's niece can publish her book about the president and his family". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 18, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "Donald Trump's Niece Mary Can Speak Out About Her Family with Scathing New Memoir, Judge Rules". People.com. July 14, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.