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Donald Seybirt Phillips

Washington, District of Columbia

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September 23, 2025
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Washington, District of Columbia

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Donald S. Phillips, who had a 50-year career as a reporter, editor and columnist, died September 23, 2025 in McLean. He was 83 and had suffered a number of health problems in recent years. Don was born on June 10, 1942, in Birmingham, AL, to Lucile (Pettus) Phillips and Seybirt Phillips. After...

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Don Phillips was a really good guy with a great sense of humor who graced a profession not known for either. It was my great good fortune to have known him when we both were young UPI reporters.

Don Phillips had a sweet southern accent that embraced everyone he worked with. He helped all the newbies covering the capital how to do it. It was a joy to work with him.