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Three iconic figures died in the past few days -- Shannon Doherty, Richard Simmons, and Dr. Ruth.
Dr. Ruth (I majorly heart Dr. Ruth) -- Westheimer, better known simply as Dr. Ruth, lived a long and adventurous life. As a young girl, she escaped the Holocaust and trained as a sniper for a Jewish paramilitary group in Palestine. Decades later, she became a household name in the U.S., revolutionizing how we discuss sex and pleasure.
Dr. Ruth burst onto the air with her own radio show, “Sexually Speaking,” in 1980, bringing with her years of expertise as a researcher and professor of human sexuality. The 15-minute program originally aired every Sunday at midnight in New York City and quickly became popular, running for a decade. Her tag line: “Get some!”
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Richard Simmons -- Simmons created a fitness empire beginning in the 1970s that included videos, classes, books, products, infomercials, his own show and plenty of TV appearances. https://www.npr.org/2024/07/13/1154459269/richard-simmons-fitness-exercise-star-dead
Shannon Doherty -- Doherty had been documenting her experiences with cancer in her podcast, “Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty.” The most recent episode streamed on July 8.
Doherty, who had been outspoken about living with cancer even as she was clear that it was incurable, kept that mindset as she talked about her plans for the future.
“I guess I’m in a mindset now of I need to make as much money as humanly possible in the next two years, bank it, put it with my investment place, build that so that A., I don’t have to work and I only work when I really want to,” she said this month. “I can also go on a lot more vacations. Then also when I pass away my mom’s got a nice little nest egg and I don’t have to worry about her.” https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/entertainment/shannen-doherty-death/index.html
Dr. Ruth (I majorly heart Dr. Ruth) -- Westheimer, better known simply as Dr. Ruth, lived a long and adventurous life. As a young girl, she escaped the Holocaust and trained as a sniper for a Jewish paramilitary group in Palestine. Decades later, she became a household name in the U.S., revolutionizing how we discuss sex and pleasure.
Dr. Ruth burst onto the air with her own radio show, “Sexually Speaking,” in 1980, bringing with her years of expertise as a researcher and professor of human sexuality. The 15-minute program originally aired every Sunday at midnight in New York City and quickly became popular, running for a decade. Her tag line: “Get some!”
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Radio And TV Sex Therapist, Dies
“Never forget that you have every right to have a satisfying sex life," she taught millions of listeners.
Richard Simmons -- Simmons created a fitness empire beginning in the 1970s that included videos, classes, books, products, infomercials, his own show and plenty of TV appearances. https://www.npr.org/2024/07/13/1154459269/richard-simmons-fitness-exercise-star-dead
Shannon Doherty -- Doherty had been documenting her experiences with cancer in her podcast, “Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty.” The most recent episode streamed on July 8.
Doherty, who had been outspoken about living with cancer even as she was clear that it was incurable, kept that mindset as she talked about her plans for the future.
“I guess I’m in a mindset now of I need to make as much money as humanly possible in the next two years, bank it, put it with my investment place, build that so that A., I don’t have to work and I only work when I really want to,” she said this month. “I can also go on a lot more vacations. Then also when I pass away my mom’s got a nice little nest egg and I don’t have to worry about her.” https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/entertainment/shannen-doherty-death/index.html
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