Rising to prominence on radio in the 1980s, Ruth Westheimer became one of America's best-known dispensers of sex advice

Ruth Westheimer, who brought frank talk about sex into America's living rooms for the first time as talk show host Dr. Ruth, has died. She was 96.

The groundbreaking psychologist became an international celebrity in the 1980s with her frank radio and television shows tackling intimacy and relationships.

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the chirpy, diminutive therapist who became a pop culture figure as she encouraged Americans to have sex safely, frequently and creatively, has died at the age of 96, the Washington Post reported.

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.

Famed sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who counseled generations about relationships on TV and the radio, has died at the age of 96.

Dr. Ruth Westheimer was one of America's most well-known and beloved sex therapists, who shared wisdom on her NYC radio show "Sexually Speaking."

Westheimer, better known simply as Dr. Ruth, lived a long and adventurous life. As a young girl, she escaped the Holocaust and trained as a sniper for a Jewish paramilitary group in Palestine. Decades later,

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author, has died.