Ruth Westheimer, the grandmotherly psychologist who as “Dr.
Ruth” became America’s best-known sex counselor with her frank, funny radio and television programs, died on Friday at her home in New York City.
Dr. Westheimer was in her 50s when she first went on the air in 1980, answering listeners’ mailed-in questions about sex and relationships on the radio station WYNY in New York.
The show, called “Sexually Speaking,” was only a 15-minute segment heard after midnight on Sundays.
But it was such a hit that she quickly became a national media celebrity and a one-woman business conglomerate.
Persons:
Ruth Westheimer, Dr, Ruth ”, Pierre Lehu, Westheimer, ”
Organizations:
College
Locations:
New York City, New York