Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the psychologist better known as the sex therapist Dr. Ruth, has died at age 96. A spokesperson said Westheimer died Friday, July 12, at home in New York City, according to The New York Times. No cause of death has been publicized. Westheimer is survived by son Joel, daughter Miriam, and four grandchildren, the newspaper reports. Westheimer became a star in her 50s, when her Wyny radio show, Sexually Speaking, launched in New York City in 1980. The success of that program — which started as a 15-minute program but later expanded to two hours, according to The Washington Post — led to the Lifetime TV program Good Sex With Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Besides her radio and TV work, Westheimer also had books, a Playgirl column, TV commercials, and even a board game and a computer game to her name. Westheimer was born Karola Ruth Siegel on June 4, 1928, to Orthodox Jewish parents Julius and Irma Siegel.