Eppie Lederer Biography

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NAME: Eppie Lederer
OCCUPATION: Journalist
BIRTH DATE: July 04, 1918
DEATH DATE: June 22, 2002
EDUCATION: Morningside College

PLACE OF BIRTH: Sioux City, Iowa
PLACE OF DEATH: Chicago, Illinois
Nickname: Eppie Friedman
Maiden Name: Esther Pauline Friedman
AKA: Ann Landers

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Esther Pauline Friedman was a newspaper columnist who used the pen name Ann Landers. She was one of America's most trusted sources of advice for decades.

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Synopsis

Columnist Esther Pauline Friedman used the pen name Ann Landers for decades. When Ruth Crowley, who had previously used the pen name, died, The Chicago Sun-Times hired Freidman as her replacement. She became known for her wisecracking and candid advice. Over the years, Landers became one of America's most trusted sources of advice and received numerous awards for her contributions to society.

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(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.