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Man Who Died In Trump Tower Fire Tried To Sell Apartment, Friend Says

Todd Brassner, 67, who died Saturday, reportedly told his friend that he wanted out of the building, which had become "an armed camp" since Trump's 2016 election.

Todd Brassner, a 67-year-old art dealer who died in a fire in Trump Tower over the weekend, had reportedly been trying to sell his 50th-floor apartment there since President Trump was elected, The New York Times reports.

The newspaper said Brassner

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