Abigail Van Buren: Dear Abby Advice Columnist Dies at 94

Pauline Phillips, who wrote as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist. Born Pauline Esther Friedman on July 4, 1918, in Sioux City, Iowa, she was the twin sister of Ann Landers.

She began the Dear Abby column in 1956 in the San Francisco Chronicle and it became syndicated in over 1,000 newspapers with an estimated 110 million readers. Her daughter Jeanne Phillips took over the column in 2000.

She had Alzheimer's disease for years. Phillips died in Minneapolis on January 16, 2013, at age 94.

Achievements: Wrote Dear Abby for 44 years.

Birth: July 4, 1918 - Sioux City, Iowa.

Profession: Advice columnist.

Interesting Facts: Her twin sister Eppie Lederer wrote as Ann Landers.