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January 18, 2013
Dear Abby, RIP
'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies at age 94MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running "Dear Abby" advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94. [...]
Phillips' column competed for decades with the advice column of Ann Landers, written by her twin sister, Esther Friedman Lederer. [...]
The two columns differed in style. Ann Landers responded to questioners with homey, detailed advice. Abby's replies were often flippant one-liners.
Naturally, I thought of this:
Posted by joke du jour at January 18, 2013 07:02 PM
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