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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Friends are remembering an Iowa college student who died after collapsing at the Iowa versus Northern Illinois University game in Iowa City over the weekend. Derek Phillips' family says he suffered sudden cardiac arrest Saturday and died Tuesday after being taken off life support. One former bandmate says Phillips was a role model who pushed others to be their best. "Obviously heartbroken and stunned, I mean, words can't describe it," JJ Daly said. Daly woke up Tuesday morning to a text from a friend. The Iowa State University freshman learned Phillips, the person he had looked up to since middle school, died. "When I saw that first, I didn't believe it.
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