Sex Expert and Cultural Icon Dr. Ruth Dead at 96
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the sex therapist who became a pop culture icon, has died. She was 96.
Westheimer died on Friday at her home in New York City, surrounded by her family, according to publicist Pierre Lehu.
Westheimer was in her 50s when she started answering listeners questions about sex and relationship on New York radio station WYNY. The show called “Sexually Speaking” was only a 15-minute program which aired after midnight on Sundays but was so popular that she became a household name. Her show ended up being extended into a two-hour program such was her popularity.