In 2004, Fred's four surviving children sold the properties their father passed on to them before his death for a reported $737.9 million (£579m), 16 times the figure they were valued at in 1997. The controversial developer's outer borough real estate empire was no more, but his efforts had spawned a bolder, brasher and more lucrative one that would make his son, Donald, a multibillionaire.

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Donald Trump's father and his £324 million legacy