Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a sex therapist and media personality, died on Friday at age 96. The German-born academic, whose death was confirmed to the media Saturday by spokesperson Pierre Lehu, reportedly died at her Manhattan home in New York City.
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, she became a household name in the U.S., revolutionizing how we discuss sex and pleasure.
Dr. Ruth burst onto the air with her own radio show, “Sexually Speaking,” in 1980, bringing with her years of expertise as a researcher and professor of human sexuality. The 15-minute program originally aired every Sunday at midnight in New York City and quickly became popular, running for a decade. Her tag line: “Get some!”
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