Jeanne Phillips
Jeanne Phillips | |
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| Born | 1942 (age 82–83) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Known for | Dear Abby |
| Spouses | Luke McKissack
(m. 1973, divorced)M. Walter Harris
(m. 2001; died 2020) |
| Parent | Pauline Phillips (mother) |
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Jeanne Phillips (/ˈdʒiːni/ JEE-nee; born 1942), also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who has written for the advice column Dear Abby since 2000. She was born in Minneapolis to Pauline Esther Phillips, who founded Dear Abby in 1956.
Jeanne Phillips' Dear Abby column is syndicated in about 1,400 newspapers in the U.S. with a combined circulation of more than 110 million. Dear Abby's website receives about 10,000 letters per week, seeking advice on a large variety of personal matters.