Pauline Phillips, better known to millions of newspaper readers for decades as the Dear Abby advice columnist, has died after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease, her family said Thursday.
She died Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at age 94.
Phillips, who wrote under the name of Abigail Van Buren, was the twin sister of Esther Pauline Lederer, also known as the advice columnist Ann Landers. Lederer died in June 2002 at the age of 83.
In 2001, Phillips acknowledged that her daughter Jeanne Phillips co-wrote the "Dear Abby" column with her. Jeanne Phillips took the column over in August 2002, when the family announced that her mother had Alzheimer's.
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Sad news. Rest in peace dear lady! You have impacted millions of lives. (My employer's website even has an advice column, thanks to your influence)
That sucks, I love reading Dear Abby. The current Dear Abby isn't as good as the original and the copycats aren't as good as the current Dear Abby.
yup. i used to read that and ann landers when i was a kid. the new ones aren't as good.
May she rest in peace. (It is ashame that if a man dies they find everything out about him to list a lady and only two lines)
@ DONNA MORRIS–actually 6 lines
Dear Abby
I have lost a great life source of insight and humor......You. RIP
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Rest in Peace dear Abby! I wonder how many lives are better due to your columns. You were very influential but real for so many. Thank You!
94 years old & she is famous for her Dear Abby column and all she gets is 2 lines! Shameful! I am 54 years old and I remember that was the only thing I would read in the newspaper each day! You couldn't even find a picture! What the heck!?
Pauline Phillips, founder of the widely syndicated "Dear Abby" advice column, has died, according to syndication service that distributes the column.
She was 94.
That's IT ???? All the years of work and all the influence and good that she put out in her life and that's ALL they say about her? God Bless you Dear Abby. And Thanks.
I read once that the sisters did not speak to each other and were fierce rivals how odd is that?
her and her twin sister used to have fist fights well into their thirties.
What a worthless column.
Dear Abby,
Apparently, someone with A.D.D. wrote your obituary. Sorry about that.
Sincerely,
Squirrel
Aww poor little mister, hes gonna be so lost now.
So how is this comment relavent to the above article? I was told by my mom that if you couldn't say anything nice about a person then don't say anything at all. This world would be a better place if people would remember that.
Anyway, RIP. When I was a kid i always read Dear Abbey because it was with the funnies.
Thats Dear Abby