Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Dr. Ruth Westheimer signs a copy of her book "Sexually Speaking" in New York on April 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 27: Dr. Ruth discusses "Ask Dr Ruth" during the Q&A section of the screening at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at Spring Studio on April 27, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by ...

Just before she died in July at the age of 96, the sex therapist finished 'The Joy of Connections,' a book with 100 tips for a less lonely, more meaningful life Michael Buckner/Variety/Penske Media ...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer turns 94 on June 4, and shares her birthday plans and wishes (which include a copy of her revised book on "everyone's nightstand") Alexandra Schonfeld is a staff editor at PEOPLE.

When our parents were silent, unsure or sexually repressed, there was always Dr. Ruth. By Catherine Pearson Jason Heuer was 12 years old when he asked his dad to give him “the sex talk” during a drive ...

Richard Simmons' goal was "to really make this world a better place to live in," he once told fellow icon Dr. Ruth as the two sat across from each other, talking animatedly in a conversation that was ...

"She was restful when she passed away," her publicist Pierre Lehu tells PEOPLE Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in 2021. Liz McNeil is an Editor at ...

I remember the first time I met Dr. Ruth Westheimer almost 43 years ago. I was walking along the first floor of the acclaimed Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan when I spotted the diminutive sex therapist ...

Although in her 50s when her widespread fame began with a radio program and later TV show, Dr. Ruth Westheimer became a multimedia phenomenon, branching out into branded board games as well as ...