‘Dear Abby’ advice columnist dies at 94  This undated handout
phocourtesy Universal Uclick shows Pauline Esther Friedman
Phillips who founded most widely syndicated column world 'Dear
Abby'  This undated handout photo courtesy of Universal Uclick
shows Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips, who founded the most
widely syndicated column in the world, the "Dear Abby" advice
column, in 1956. Pauline Phillips, who consoled millions around
the world as the creator of the iconic Dear Abby advice column,
has died at the age of 94, her syndication service said January
17, 2013. In a statement, Universal Uclick said Phillips -- who
wrote Dear Abby from 1956 until her daughter Jeanne Phillips
formally took over the column and her alias Abigail Van Buren in
2002 -- died Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She had fought
"a long battle" with Alzheimer's disease, it said. "I have lost
my mother, my mentor and my best friend," Jeanne Phillips said
in the statement. Phillips, born Pauline Esther Friedman, was
the twin sister of