CNN —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 CNN on Saturday.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer poses for a portrait in Pasadena, California, in January 2016.
Becoming Dr. Ruth Westheimer speaks during an American Society of Newspaper Editors convention in April 1986.
Bob D'Amico/ABC/Getty Images Westheimer on the set of "Quantum Leap" with actor Dean Stockwell and director Stuart Margolin in 1993.
Ron Galella Collection/WireImage/Getty Images Westheimer rides on the back of a motorcycle during New York's Salute to Israel Parade in May 1996.
Persons:
Ruth Westheimer, Pierre Lehu, grandmotherly Westheimer, Dr, Ruth ” –, –, Lehu, Maarten de Boer, Westheimer, Ruth, Stewart, AP Westheimer, Cyndi Lauper, Nancy Kaye, Ron Galella, Bob D'Amico, Dean Stockwell, Stuart Margolin, Alice S, David Karp, Bill Clinton, King Mohammed VI of, Susan Walsh, Keith Bedford, Sir Paul McCartney, McCartney, Bob Child, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Chip Somodevilla, Andy Kropa, John Lamparski, Michael Kovac, Gabby Jones, ”, Ruth Show, ” Westheimer, Columbia University . Westheimer, Love
Organizations:
CNN, Haganah, Zionist, Israel Defense Forces, American Society of Newspaper, ABC, Getty, Israel Parade, White House, Westheimer, Yale, Communications, Broadway, of Fame, Gotham, New York, New York Times, Lifetime, Teachers College, Columbia University ., Museum of Jewish Heritage
Locations:
Pasadena , California, Switzerland, Jerusalem, New York, Beverly Hills , California, Los Angeles, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, New Haven , Connecticut, Washington ,, New, Germany, Paris, New York City