Fred Trump Sr. was an American real estate developer and businessman. He was a member of the Trump family and the father of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States.
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Fred Trump became ill with pneumonia in mid-1999 and was admitted to Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, where he died on June 25, 1999, at the age of 93.
Over 600 people attended his funeral at the Marble Collegiate Church. His body was interred in a family plot at the Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village, Queens.
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Fred began his career in home construction and sales with his mother, Elizabeth Christ Trump.
In 1927, they formed E. Trump & Son, a real estate development firm. It grew to construct and manage single-family homes in Queens, barracks and garden apartments for US Navy personnel near major shipyards on the East Coast, and over 27,000 apartments in New York City.
He transferred the majority of his apartment buildings to his surviving children shortly before his death while suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
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