Pauline Phillips
20th and 21st-century American advice columnist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pauline Esther Phillips (born Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known "Dear Abby" newspaper column in 1956. It became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, syndicated in 1,400 newspapers with 110 million readers.[1]
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Born | Pauline Esther Friedman (1918-07-04)July 4, 1918 Sioux City, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | January 16, 2013(2013-01-16) (aged 94) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Pen name | Abigail Van Buren ("Dear Abby") |
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Alma mater | Morningside College |
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Morton Phillips (m. 1939) |
Children | 2, including Jeanne |
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From 1963 to 1975, Phillips also hosted a daily Dear Abby program on CBS Radio. TV anchorwoman Diane Sawyer calls her the "pioneering queen of salty advice".[2] She was also the paternal stepgrandmother of U.S. Congressman Dean Phillips.