America’s pioneering sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer dies at 96

FILE - Dr. Ruth Westheimer participates in the "Ask Dr. Ruth" panel during the Hulu presentation at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, California, Feb. 11, 2019. The diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon died on July 12, 2024, at age 96.

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.