Pauline Phillips | |
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 Publicity photo, 1961 | |
| Born | Pauline Esther Friedman July 4, 1918 Sioux City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | January 16, 2013 (aged 94) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Pen name | Abigail Van Buren ("Dear Abby") |
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| Alma mater | Morningside College |
| Spouse |
Morton Phillips (m. 1939) |
| Children | 2, including Jeanne |
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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]
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.
- ^ "Pauline Phillips, longtime Dear Abby advice columnist, dies at 94". CNN News. January 17, 2013.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Sawyer, Diane (January 17, 2013). "'Dear Abby' Columnist, Pauline Phillips, Dies at Age 94". ABC News – via YouTube.