Abigail Van Buren

Journalist

Birthday July 4, 1918

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Sioux City, IA

DEATH DATE Jan 16, 2013 (94)

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About

Advice column writer of Dear Abby, a column which set out to solve newspaper readers' personal problems. She later hosted a Dear Abby radio program for over 10 years. 

Before Fame

She graduated from Morningside College with her twin sister.

Trivia

Her legacy and column are now carried on by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips. She wrote six published books throughout her career. 

Family Life

She married Morton Phillips and together they had a daughter named Jeanne and a son named Edward.

Associated With

She took her last name from President Martin Van Buren.