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Official Registry for the “27 Club” of Notable Deaths

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Rodney Phillips

New Zealand chess player

Bio

James Rodney Phillips was a New Zealand chess player, who in January 1957 at age 14 became the youngest player ever to win that country's national championship, a record that stands to this day.2

Bornc. 19421
Died1969 Sep 191
Occupationchess player1
Cause of deathdrowning, suicide2
StatusPossible: Rodney Phillips may be a 27 Club member

Sources: 1Wikidata 2Wikipedia