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Abby of the column "Dear Abby" is "Abigail Van Buren" whose real name is Jeanne Phillips. She is the daughter of the original Abby, whose real name was Pauline Friedman Phillips (1918-2013).

Pauline's twin sister, Esther Friedman Lederer (1918-2002) was the competing advice columnist "Ann Landers."

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