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'Dear Abby' Dead at 94

Pauline Phillips had been suffering from Alzheimer's

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 17, 2013 12:35 PM CST

(Newser) – Pauline Phillips, perhaps better known as the popular "Dear Abby" advice columnist, died yesterday at age 94, a rep confirms to TMZ. Phillips, who founded the column in 1956 and eventually handed it over to her daughter Jeanne, had been suffering from Alzheimer's...   Read full story »

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