- Born
- Died
- Birth namePauline Esther Friedman
- Nicknames
- Abby
- Popo
- Abigail Van Buren was born on July 4, 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. She was a producer, known for Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (2014), The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956) and Sammy and Company (1975). She was married to Morton Phillips. She died on January 16, 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- SpouseMorton Phillips(July 2, 1939 - January 16, 2013) (her death, 2 children)
- Identical twin sister of Ann Landers, who is 17 minutes older than her.
- Two children, Edward Jay and Jeanne
- Co-wrote the popular "Dear Abby" column with her daughter, Jeannie, for some months prior to her retirement. Jeannie now writes the column solo, still under the pen name of Abigail Van Buren.
- Aunt of Margo Howard.
- Grand-aunt of Adam Coleman Howard.
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