Most syndicated columnist

An advice column written by Ann Landers (USA) appeared in over 1,200 newspapers with an estimated readership of 90 million. Landers' real name was Ester Pauling Friedman Lederer. She passed away from a blood disease in 2002. Her only serious rival was Abigail Van Buren, known as Dear Abby (née Pauline Esther Friedman, now Mrs Pauline Phillips), her identical twin sister based in Beverly Hills, California, USA.