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

Internationally acclaimed sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who tore down taboos with her open, nonjudgmental and good-humored public conversations about human intimacy, has died. She was 96 ...

“Dr. Ruth” Westheimer, the diminutive sexpert whose heavy German accent and straight talk about sex on radio and TV brought frank discussion about relationships into American pop-culture, has ...

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. She was 96.

Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist known to millions as ‘Dr. Ruth,’ dies at 96. Her frankness on her long-running radio and TV call-in shows made her a go-to guide for tips on lovemaking.

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, groundbreaking sex therapist, author, and host, dies at 96. The taboo-shattering psychologist became an international celebrity in the 1980s with her frank radio and ...

Her 1983 book “Dr. Ruth’s Guide to Good Sex” was the first of 40 she wrote. Dr. Ruth Westheimer poses for a portrait at her home April 1, 1990 in New York City (Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images) ...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the 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.