4. Dear Abby – @dearabby (March 2013)
The world knows her as simply “Dear Abby”, but her friends, family, and business associates knew her as Pauline Phillips. The “Dear Abby” franchise has become one of the biggest hits in the world. In 1956 Phillips became an advice columnist writing under the pen name Abigail Van Buren. Even back in the fifties, newspaper readers appreciated her straightforward advice. Phillips wrote the column solo until 2000 when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, at which stage her daughter Jeanne joined her behind the keyboard. By that time, Dear Abby had grown into an international sensation with copycats the world over. When the “Dear Abby” Twitter account was set up, Phillips made a few tweets herself, but eventually, the account began to be used for Dear Abby promotions exclusively, featuring both new and original, old columns.
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