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Dr. Ruth, the famous TV sexologist who spoke to Americans about taboo subjects, has died at the age of 96

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the perky, petite sexologist who became a pop culture figure by encouraging Americans to have frequent, safe and imaginative sex, has died at the age of 96, according to the Washington Post. Westheimer died Friday at her home in Manhattan, the paper said, citing its publisher. Dr. Ruth escaped Nazi Germany as a child. She had said she first learned about sex when she was 10 and found her parents’ “marriage manual” in a locked cabinet. What she read in those pages led her years later to a career that included international fame, books, educational videos, lectures, a radio show, countless television appearances, a newspaper column, and even a board game, Good Sex. Known worldwide only by her first name, Dr. Ruth, a woman of only 1.40 height, distinctive German accent and always in a good mood, preached joy […]
Source: News Beast

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