MR NAT PHILLIPS.
COMEDIAN'S SUDDEN DEATH. SYDNEY, Juno 2D. Mr Nat Phillips ("Stiffy"), the comedian, died suddenly while sitting in liis motor-car in Castlereagh street. •He was sitting at tlio driver's wheel with his wifo (Miss Daisy Merritt), when he complained of a pain in the ■chest. He was driven to the Sydney Hospital, where a doctor found that ho was dead. Mr Phillips, aged 49, had been on the stage almost continuously for 45 years. He was born at Brewarrina (N.S.W), and was a nephew of the celebrated comedian, Joo Tolano. At live years he joined the Lilian Tree Grand Opera Company at the old Lyceum. Then followed 15 years in America, with the Sullivan-Considino circuit, and in England' Tfrith Moss Stolls.
For the past 17 years Mr Phillips had been actively associated with the Fuller organisation in many stage shows, and was widely known for his team work with Boy Bene ("Mo'").
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20587, 1 July 1932, Page 15
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