Irna Phillips - Death

Death

Irna Phillips died in 1973, aged 72, from undisclosed causes.

Lemay wrote her obituary and he and his wife paid to have the words placed in the New York Times. Agnes Nixon learned of Irna's death when she called her mentor to wish her well on Christmas Day. According to Nixon, Phillips had not wanted anyone to know that she had passed on.

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