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'''Abigail Van Buren''', is a journalist. She is known for the advice column "Dear Abby".
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'''Abigail Van Buren''' wrote the syndicated {{W|advice column}} "Dear Abby" since 1956.
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
Dear Abby was stored at the ''[[Springfield Shopper]]'' newspaper where she slept for 23 hours a day along with [[Ann Landers]].
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Dear Abby was stored at [[Springfield Shopper Building|the offices]] of the ''[[Springfield Shopper]]'' newspaper where she slept for 23 hours a day along with [[Ann Landers]].
  
 
== Behind the Laughter ==
 
== Behind the Laughter ==
Abigail Van Buren is the pen name of {{W|Pauline Phillips}}, and later her daughter {{W|Jeanne Phillips}}, who wrote the advice column {{W|Dear Abby}}.
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{{W|Pauline Phillips|Pauline Esther "Popo" Phillips}} who wrote ''Dear Abby'' and her identical twin sister {{W|Eppie Lederer|Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer}} who wrote ''Ask Ann Landers'' became embittered and estranged rivals over the dueling syndicated advice columns.
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Phillips died in 2013, but because of her diagnosis of {{W|Alzheimer's disease}} the ''Dear Abby'' column had been written since 2000 by her daughter {{W|Jeanne Phillips}}.
  
 
== Appearances ==
 
== Appearances ==
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Latest revision as of 09:44, April 18, 2024

Abigail Van Buren
Abigail Van Buren.png
Character Information
Gender:
Female ♀
Status:
Alive
Alias(es): Dear Abby
Hair: Brown
Occupation: Syndicated columnist
Relatives: Twin sister: Ann Landers
First appearance: "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"


Abigail Van Buren wrote the syndicated advice column "Dear Abby" since 1956.

History[edit]

Dear Abby was stored at the offices of the Springfield Shopper newspaper where she slept for 23 hours a day along with Ann Landers.

Behind the Laughter[edit]

Pauline Esther "Popo" Phillips who wrote Dear Abby and her identical twin sister Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer who wrote Ask Ann Landers became embittered and estranged rivals over the dueling syndicated advice columns.

Phillips died in 2013, but because of her diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease the Dear Abby column had been written since 2000 by her daughter Jeanne Phillips.

Appearances[edit]