Pauline Phillips died on January 16, 2013, aged 94. Īlthough the change in authorship took place in 2000, the official statement-which included adding "Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips" to the bottom of each column-was not made until July 2002. In December 2000, the elder Phillips wrote a column identifying her daughter as her "co-creator" and added, "I will continue to work on this column until my Maker calls me home." Twenty months later, the Phillips family revealed that Pauline was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Pauline Phillips wrote the column herself until 1987, at which time her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, began writing the column with her.
In comparing the columns written by each of the sisters, the Jewish Women's Archive wrote that "Both columns were characterized by a straightforward tone, practical advice, and a firm but modern moral sensibility" and that "both women used humor, including sarcasm and one-liners, in their responses." Authorship changes The Tribune ran both columns, Landers every day and Abby six days a week.
On February 13, 1987, the Chicago Tribune announced that the Ann Landers column was moving to the Tribune, which had published the Dear Abby column for years. This produced a rivalry and lengthy estrangement between the two sisters. Pauline Phillips started her Dear Abby column a few months after her twin sister, Eppie Lederer, took over the Ask Ann Landers column. Abby was known as Popo, and her sister was Eppie (a nickname from E.P.). Ībby was born Pauline Esther Friedman, and her twin sister was born Esther Pauline Friedman. Dear Abby's current syndication company claims the column is "well-known for sound, compassionate advice, delivered with the straightforward style of a good friend." īy 1987, over 1,200 newspapers ran the column. The column was syndicated by the McNaught Syndicate from 1956 until 1966, when it moved to Universal Press Syndicate. Dear Abby star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame memorializing the Dear Abby radio showĭear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name " Abigail Van Buren" and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name.Īccording to Pauline Phillips, she came up with the pen name Abigail Van Buren by combining the name of Biblical figure Abigail in the Book of Samuel, with the last name of former US president Martin Van Buren.
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