# Ann Landers Died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2002, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516 "2002-06-23T01:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/1 "2002-06-23T01:13:16Z")
Rest in peace. [http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/22/obit.landers.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/22/obit.landers.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/2 "2002-06-23T02:04:28Z")
I’m really sorry to hear this. No matter what jokes I have heard about her, here and in other places, she did the best she could with her advice. She was big enough to say she had made mistakes and apologize for them. That takes guts. Truly, may she rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/3 "2002-06-23T02:10:26Z")
I am sorry to hear about this as well. She never quite kept up with the times, but I learnes a **lot** about human nature from her and her sister. ---
**Author:** ![Tedster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@Tedster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tedster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/4 "2002-06-23T02:37:05Z")
Not to speak ill of the dead, but many of her columns seemed curiously manufactured (fake) and held to a strict PC line. Just what, exactly, were her supposed qualifications to dispense advice anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/5 "2002-06-23T02:43:22Z")
I’m sorry to see that. She always seemed like a nice lady. The CNN article indicates that she took over from the original Ann Landers, who died. Does that mean that someone else will take up the name, a la the Dread Pirate Robarts? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/6 "2002-06-23T03:42:22Z")
I’m very sorry to hear that. She seemed like a very nice lady. I’ve been reading her columns since I was about ten or so. Definitely learned a lot about human nature, as **Zyada** said. Rest in peace. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/7 "2002-06-23T03:46:28Z")
**Tedster** she never claimed to be qualified to do anything, as far as I know. We all give advice, she just gave it on a wider scale. Rest in Peace. ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/8 "2002-06-23T03:46:49Z")
RIP. I’ve always enjoyed advice columns, hers and others. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/9 "2002-06-23T03:55:55Z")
I guess those lashings with a wet noodle took their toll. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/10 "2002-06-23T04:07:37Z")
Ann Landers lent me her soapbox once. I had written a piece about holiday depression for a local newsletter, and inside of a year the Xerox effect had a few hundred copies in circulation. I sent it to her with permission to use it, “before somebody tells you her Uncle Norman wrote it.” She graciously ran it in her column around the world. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/11 "2002-06-23T04:19:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Minor Irritant \* > \*\*I’m sorry to see that. She always seemed like a nice lady. > > The CNN article indicates that she took over from the original Ann Landers, who died. Does that mean that someone else will take up the name, a la the Dread Pirate Robarts? \*\* I’m not certain, but I believe so; her daughter. Either she or her sister were grooming a daughter for the job. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/12 "2002-06-23T04:21:42Z")
Not Ann. The article on the Chicago Tribune site says the column dies with her, per her request. Abby is already co-writing the column with her daughter Jeanne Phillips; Jeanne was the one who blew the whistle on the pedophile who wrote to Dear Abby. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/13 "2002-06-23T04:28:06Z")
That’s right. For some reason I was thinking Abby died, even though everyone clearly said otherwise. Where’s my head tonight? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/14 "2002-06-23T04:34:23Z")
Boy… It has to be hard for Abby. Harder because they are twins. ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/15 "2002-06-23T05:01:13Z")
Poor gentle old woman. I’ve enjoyed her writings. btw minor nitpick, her twins name isn’t Abby. It’s Pauline. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/16 "2002-06-23T05:21:12Z")
Ann Landers dead? Oh no… who’s going to reprint “Please God, I’m Only 17” every other day, now? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/17 "2002-06-23T05:36:37Z")
Gasp… worse still, where am I going to read all those wonderful, touching reminiscences of how Granny met Granddad at the USO during the war? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/18 "2002-06-23T05:42:56Z")
**d12,** I’m pretty sure most if not all of us know that “Abby” is her twin’s pen name. Not really a bona fide nitpick there; it’s just easier to call them Ann and Abby (their “public” names) than Esther/Eppie and Pauline/PoPo, and try to remember which is which (and which one is dead). OK? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/19 "2002-06-23T10:19:22Z")
I’ve been reading Ann and her sister as long as I’ve been able to read (about 30 years). I was at work (at the newspaper) when I found out she’d died, and I was deeply saddened by the news. Within an hour of finding out, though, an ex-girlfriend (one with whom I’d spent many mornings reading the newspaper) called to see if I were OK. Somehow that helped a lot, in that I hope Ann’s sensible advice had something to do with my still being on good terms with my ex. Maybe yes, maybe no, but I can say without hesitation that she has been a positive influence on this Generation Xer. _De mortuis nil nisi bonum._ ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516/20 "2002-06-23T11:29:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > \*\*Gasp… worse still, where am I going to read all those wonderful, touching reminiscences of how Granny met Granddad at the USO during the war? \*\* Did Ann do the “how we met” stories? Or was that Abby? Or did they both print them? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-landers-died/115516.md?page=2)