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Dear Abby: How do I move on after my boyfriend died?



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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly state that the column is currently written by Jeanne Phillips, who uses the pen name Abigail Van Buren.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Abby
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeanne Phillips ( JEE-nee; born 1942), also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who has written for the advice column Dear Abby since 2000. She was born in Minneapolis to Paul…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Phillips
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Esther Phillips (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newsp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phillips
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“Dear Abby... was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips”
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Wikipedia and multiple cross-references confirm that Pauline Phillips founded the Dear Abby column in 1956.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Esther Phillips (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newsp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phillips
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeanne Phillips ( JEE-nee; born 1942), also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who has written for the advice column Dear Abby since 2000. She was born in Minneapolis to Paul…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Phillips
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Abby
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“Contact Dear Abby at http://www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069”
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Three independent web search results from different domains (al.com, and other publishing sites) provide the exact same website and P.O. Box address for contacting Dear Abby.
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web search NEUTRAL — Read more Dear Abby and other advice columns. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAb…
https://www.al.com/advice/2026/04/dear-abby-host-frustrated-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.Samuel L. Jackson arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/advice/article…
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web search NEUTRAL — Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Good advice for everyone -- teens to seniors -- is in "The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It."
https://www.arcamax.com/healthandspirit/lifeadvice/dearabby/…

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