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Readers' advice: She resolved to communicate appreciation, he lost 60 pounds in...

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Pauline Phillips - aka Dear Abby - was a woman of letters about life

The long-running "Dear Abby" column first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1956.

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KEY TO THE ENDURING APPEAL OF 'DEAR ABBY'"There wasn't a subject my mother wouldn't take on," says Jeanne Phillips, who now writes the famous column, following the death of Abby (real name:...

Dear Abby's legacy: Wit, warmth, and snappy advice

While Ann Landers responded to questioners with homey, detailed advice, Abby's replies were more flippant and occasionally risqué, like some collected for her 1981 book "The Best of Dear Abby.

'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies at age 94

Not only did Jeanne Phillips take over "Dear Abby," but Esther Lederer's daughter, Margo Howard, wrote an advice column for the online magazine Slate.

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Business Rx: Advice on giving advice

Dear Abby: About four months ago, the house across the street was sold to a “father and son”...

Dolores Prida, Latina 'Dear Abby,' dies

(CNN) -- For nearly 15 years, Dolores Prida was the Latina answer to "Dear Abby."

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Read this: Dear Abby and Ann Landers; watching Obama age; Manti Te'o; Tareq Salahi; Jim Messina