| LC control no. | n 50041553 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lombardy, William |
| Variant(s) | Lombardy, Bill |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1937-12-04 |
| Death date | 2017-10-13 |
| Place of birth | Bronx (New York, N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Martinez (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church |
| Profession or occupation | Priests Chess players |
| Found in | His Modern chess ... 1972. Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014 (international grandmaster, chess player, Roman Catholic priest) New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 16, 2017 (in obituary published Oct. 14: William J. Lombardy; William James Joseph Lombardy; b. Dec. 4, 1937, the Bronx; known as Bill in both his personal and professional life, but disliked the name, his son said; d. Friday [Oct. 13, 2017], Martinez, Calif., aged 79, while staying with a friend; lived in New York City; one of the most talented and promising chess players of his generation, winning titles and accolades while he was still a teenager, but all but gave up the game at the height of his career to become a priest; ordained in 1967 by Cardinal Francis Joseph Spellman of New York and remained in the priesthood until the late 1970s) |
| Associated language | eng |
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