'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies

Pauline Phillips, the woman known to the world as "Dear Abby," died Wednesday at age 94, a rep for Phillips' daughter Jeanne confirmed to ABC News.

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Author and 'Dear Abby' columnist Pauline Friedman Phillips (aka Abigail Van Buren), seated at her desk, circa 1958. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Author and 'Dear Abby' columnist Pauline Friedman Phillips (aka Abigail Van Buren), seated at her desk, circa 1958. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)