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Esther Pauline " Eppie " Lederer (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – June 22, 2002), better known by the pen name Ann Landers, was an American advice columnist and eventually a nationwide media celebrity. She began writing the "Ask Ann Landers" column in 1955 and continued for 47 years, by which time its readership was 90 million people.
- Morningside College
- Pauline Phillips (twin sister)
- Margo (b. 1940)
- Jules Lederer (m. 1939– div. 1975)
Jun 23, 2002 · Eppie Lederer, who as the syndicated columnist Ann Landers was widely considered responsible for bringing the advice column into the modern era, died yesterday at her home in Chicago. She was...
Jun 25, 2002 · Ann Landers, whose real name was Esther “Eppie” Lederer, wrote the most widely syndicated advice column in the world for over 40 years, and felt a strong connection to the Jewish faith.
Ann Landers was a pen name created by Chicago Sun-Times advice columnist Ruth Crowley in 1943 and taken over by Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer (July 4, 1918 – June 22, 2002) in 1955. For 56 years, the Ask Ann Landers syndicated advice column was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America.
Ann Landers. Esther "Eppie" Lederer (1918–2002) was better known as the American syndicated advice columnist Ann Landers. For over 45 years, millions of readers turned to her straightforward and often funny column for both solace and entertainment. Widely considered to have brought the genre into its contemporary form, Lederer drew on a ...
Jun 23, 2002 · PUBLISHED: June 23, 2002 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 20, 2021 at 9:09 a.m. Frank, feisty, funny, with a voice as brash as her advice, Eppie Lederer–better known as Ann Landers,...
Jun 23, 2002 · Landers, whose real name was Eppie Lederer, was one of the world’s most widely read columnists. For 46 years, she offered compassionate and blunt counsel to lonely wives, philandering husbands ...
