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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s petite and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96 | National

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NEW YORK — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the petite sex therapist whose candid discussions about once-taboo bedroom topics turned her into a pop icon, media star and bestselling author, has died. She was 96.

According to publicist and friend Pierre Lehu, Westheimer died Friday at her home in New York City, surrounded by her family.

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