LANDERS, ANN


Meaning of LANDERS, ANN in English

orig. Esther Pauline Friedman

born July 4, 1918, Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.

died June 22, 2002, Chicago, Ill.

U.S. newspaper columnist.

She took over an advice column in the Chicago Sun-Times in 1955, adopting her now-familiar pseudonym, and made it into the most widely syndicated advice column in the U.S.; by the early 21st century her column appeared in more than 1,200 newspapers and had some 90 million readers. Her twin sister, Pauline, has written the competitive and equally well-known "Dear Abby" advice column (originally for the San Francisco Chronicle ) since 1956.

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