E. Jean Carroll is an American journalist and advice columnist. Her ?Ask E. Jean? column has appeared in Elle magazine since 1993, and was ranked one of the five best magazine columns by the Chicago Tribune in 2003. Born Elizabeth Jean Carroll in Detroit, Michigan, and nicknamed "Betty Jean" from an early age, Carroll's opinions on sex, her impatient, boisterous counsel that women should ?never never? wrap their lives around men, and her compassion for letter-writers experiencing life?s hard knocks, make her column unique in women?s magazines. Amy Gross, former editor-in-chief of Elle and currently the editor-in-chief O, The Oprah Magazine, recalls the ?Ask E. Jean? debut. ?It was as though we had put her on a bucking bronco and her answers were the cheers and whoops and hollers of a fearless woman having a good ol time.? NBC?s cable channel, America's Talking, produced the Ask E. Jean television show based on the column from 1994-1996. Entertainment Weekly called Carroll ?[T]he most entertaining cable talk show host you will never see.? Jeff Jarvis in his review in TV Guide said watching E. Jean and her ?robotic hyperactivity drove [him] batty.? 

December 12th, 1943 in United States of America (Age 80)