Pauline Phillips
Journalist, Author
1918 – 2013
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Who was Pauline Phillips?
Pauline Esther Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the "Dear Abby" column in 1956. During her decades writing the column, it became the most widely-syndicated newspaper column in the world, syndicated in 1,400 newspapers around the world with 110 million of readers.
From 1963 to 1975, Phillips also had a daily "Dear Abby" program on CBS Radio. TV anchorwoman Diane Sawyer calls her the "pioneering queen of salty advice."
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- Born
- Jul 4, 1918
Sioux City - Also known as
- Abigail Van Buren
- Siblings
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Morningside College
- Died
- Jan 16, 2013
Minneapolis
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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