<p><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/60005bc6a8de7700187d3d2d-1746/harold-bornstein-obit.jpg" border="0" alt="harold bornstein obit" data-mce-source="Joe Marino / NY Daily News via Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Dr. Harold Bornstein"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>Dr. Harold Bornstein, who used to be Donald Trump's physician before he became president, died on Friday.</p><p>He was 73. </p><p>Bornstein's death was first reported by the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/nyregion/harold-bornstein-dead.html">New York Times</a>, who received a paid notice on Thursday that did not list a cause of death.</p><p>A gastroenterologist by training, Bornstein rose to international fame when his letter in attesting to Trump's fitness in the 2016 campaign went viral. </p><p>"If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency," Bornstein wrote in the letter.</p><p>Later, he admitted <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/politics/harold-bornstein-trump-letter/index.html">Trump dictated</a> the whole thing to him.</p><p>Bornstein became one of the most iconic memes of the Trump era in the process, with his signature look becoming synonymous with overhyping anything on the internet.</p><p>The doctor's press accessibility eventually became a problem for him in Trumpworld. Troubles began once Bornstein sat for a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/us/politics/trump-prostate-drug-hair-harold-bornstein.html">series of interviews with the Times</a>, revealing in one of them that Trump took Propecia, a drug for prostate health, as a way to boost his hair growth.</p><p>Then came the alleged "raid" on his office, where Bornstein said Trump had a crew come and take medical records from him shortly after one of the Times stories was published.</p><p>Like many figures who became famous in Trump's orbit, Bornstein was cast out despite his loyalty. Bornstein never spoke to Trump once he became president, according to the Times.</p><p>Bornstein was born on March 3, 1947, and raised in New York City. He earned both his bachelor's and medical degrees from Tufts University.</p><p>The doctor was a proud Jumbo, with 19 of his extended family members attending the university in Medford, Mass., according to the Times.</p><p>Bornstein ran a "concierge medical practice" with his father for more than 50 years, according to the Times.</p><p>"My greatest successes," he told Tufts' medical school alumni magazine, "have been avoiding managed-care medicine and refusing to have the conservative beard and haircut that my parents thought was necessary for success."</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-former-doctor-harold-bornstein-dies-at-73-2021-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-myths-debunked-wuhan-china-2020-2">Epidemiologists debunk 13 coronavirus myths</a></p>
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