Opinion: Remembering Margo Howard
This piece serves as a tribute to Margo Howard, the late advice columnist and daughter of Ann Landers, who passed away at 86. The author reflects on her wit, her memoir, and her personal kindness through shared anecdotes.
Why it matters
It honors the legacy of a prominent figure in American advice journalism and provides a personal look at her influence on media culture.
Margo Howard was the person you'd hope to be seated next to at a dinner party, to hear her purr anecdotes and observations about all the other guests.
When it was reported this week that Margo had died at the age of 86, a lot of coverage was understandably about the years she wrote the Dear Prudence advice column for Slate , and then another called Dear Margo. Advice was her family business, after all; Margo's mother, Eppie Lederer, spent nearly 50 years writing the widely syndicated column Dear Ann Landers.
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