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Abigail Van Buren was born Pauline Esther Friedman on July 4, 1918, in Sioux City, Iowa.
* She was a twin sister to Eppie Lederer, who wrote the advice column Ann Landers.
* Van Buren began her column, Dear Abby, in 1956.
* The column was syndicated in over 1,400 newspapers and had an estimated readership of 110 million people.
* Van Buren was known for her witty and commonsense advice.
* She won numerous awards for her work, including the Pulitzer Prize in 1975.
* Van Buren died on January 16, 2013, at the age of 94.
* She is considered one of the most influential advice columnists of all time.