She was 96. Known as "Dr. Ruth" for her books and radio and TV appearances, Westheimer died at her home Friday in New York City. It was announced Saturday by her frequent co-author and spokesman ...

Frank and funny, the taboo-breaking therapist said things on television and radio that would have been shocking coming from almost anyone else. By Daniel Lewis Ruth Westheimer, the grandmotherly ...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the iconic sex therapist whose cheerful and disarming advice helped educate millions of Americans about sexual desires and practices, has died, her publicist Pierre Lehu told ...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer — the groundbreaking sex therapist ... on programs like Sexually Speaking and The Dr. Ruth Show — has ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died.

By Jennifer Schuessler When Ruth Westheimer died last July at 96, she was celebrated as a pioneering sex therapist, cultural gadfly and consummate Manhattanite — a 4-foot-7 cross between Minnie ...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who died this past Saturday at the age of 96, had an astonishing career as a sex therapist who combined professional expertise and an impish sense of humor. Through her radio ...

Ruth Westheimer, who brought frank talk about sex into America’s living rooms for the first time as radio and television talk show host Dr. Ruth, has died. She was 96. Westheimer died on Friday ...

NEW YORK — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died.

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96.