Robert Trump died last week at the age of 71.
President Donald Trump will attend family and friends with him Friday at the White House for a funeral service for his brother, Robert Trump, who died last Friday.
Robert Trump’s body will also be flown to the White House from New York for the ceremony, according to sources familiar with the regulations, who are expected to remain private.
The last time a deceased body was brought to the White House was for the funeral services of President John F. Kennedy after he was assassinated in November 1963 in Dallas.
The last time remnants were brought to the White House for a funeral there for a private citizen was in 1936 for Louis Howe, an adviser to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt.
The Trump family has invited 200 people to attend the services, although it is unclear how many plan to attend. The service is expected to be held in the East House of the White House and a source familiar with the arrangements told ABC News that all costs will be covered personally by the president.
The White House declined to comment when contacted by ABC News.
Robert Trump, like his brother, was in the real estate business in New York, and held a majority of the remaining business founded by Fred Trump Sr., his father.
Trump visited his brother just a day before his death, calling him his ‘best friend’ in a statement responding to his passing.
“His memory will live in my heart forever. Robert, I love you. Rest in Peace,” the statement concluded.
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