Co-author and friend Allison Gilbert says she and Pierre Lehu are honored to take the late sex therapist's upcoming book "over the finish line" Dia Dipasupil/Getty Dr. Ruth was able to realize one ...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer — the groundbreaking sex therapist, author, and TV and radio host who imparted hilariously candid sex advice on programs like Sexually Speaking and The Dr. Ruth Show — has ...

She was 96. Known as "Dr. Ruth" for her books and radio and TV appearances, Westheimer died at her home Friday in New York City. It was announced Saturday by her frequent co-author and spokesman ...

including a forthcoming book co-written with frequent co-author and spokesman Pierre Lehu and journalist Allison Gilbert. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. "Dr. Ruth always ...

author of The New York Times bestselling books “Boys & Sex” and “Girls & Sex.” “And because she was not a bombshell (no ...

After rising to fame in the 1980s, Ruth Westheimer, known as Dr. Ruth, mingled with celebrities, wrote dozens of books and was named as New York’s “loneliness ambassador.” By Emmett Lindner ...

Journalist Allison Gilbert reflects on Dr. Ruth's life, and shares her advice for making friends. Allison Gilbert is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and author. She is co-author of The Joy of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

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

Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor, died in New York on Friday, her family said. Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the sex therapist, talk show host and author, has died, her publicist announced. She was 96.