Sex therapist Dr Ruth Westheimer who became unlikely TV star dies aged 96

Dr Ruth Westheimer became an unlikely TV star thanks to her frank and honest opinions on sex (Photo by Miles Mortensen/ Invision for The Salesforce Music Lodge/AP Images)

Dr Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo, bedroom topics, has died. She was 96.

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