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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Renowned Sex Therapist, Dead at 96

Dr. Ruth Westheimer died Friday at her home in New York.

After she was a research assistant at Columbia's School of Public Health, Westheimer went on to do her postdoctoral work in human sexuality at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where she trained with the renowned sex therapist, Helen Singer Kaplan. The beloved grandmother, who famously rejoiced numerous times saying "Hitler lost and I won," found fame after the community affairs manager at WYNY saw her give a lecture on sexual literacy to a group of broadcasters. But while her blunt approach on sex, intimacy and relationships earned her a legion of fans, there were also detractors, including mental health professionals who accused her of turning a serious subject into entertainment.

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