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Vicki Abt (1942-2026) Sociologist, author. Vicki Abt was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

Full Name

Isleen Vicki Abt

Locations

Kings•Nassau

Author's Timeline

1942

Birth

Kings County: Isleen Vicki Abt was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 9, 1942.

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Residence

Nassau County: As a child, Ms. Abt lived in Franklin Square, New York.

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Other Life Event

Nassau County: Ms. Abt graduated from H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square, New York.

1963

Other Life Event

Nassau County: Ms. Abt received a bachelor’s degree in social science from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, in 1963.

1985

Literary Work

The Business of Risk: Commercial Gambling in Mainstream America
University Press of Kansas
0700602801 / 978-0700602803
Nonfiction written with James F. Smith and Eugene Martin Christiansen.

1990

Literary Work

Advances in Field Theory
SAGE Publications, Inc.
0803939795 / 978-0803939790
Nonfiction edited by Vicki Abt, Susan A. Wheelan, and Emmy Pepitone.

1997

Literary Work

Coming After Oprah: Cultural Fallout in the Age of the TV Talk Show
Popular Press 1
0879727519 / 978-0879727512
Nonfiction written by Vicki Abt and Leonard Mustazza.

2026

Death

Vicki Abt died at a hospital in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, on February 1, 2026.

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