Dr. Joyce Brothers Has Died at 85

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Source: Associated Press

@AP: BREAKING: Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers has died in New York at age 85 -RJJ

POPULAR PSYCHOLOGIST JOYCE BROTHERS DEAD AT 85

May. 13 6:20 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film personality Joyce Brothers has died. She was 85.

Longtime publicist Sanford Brokaw says Brothers died Monday in New York City.

She was a pioneer of the television advice show.

Her celebrity took off after she entered a television quiz show called "The $64,000 Question." She became the only woman to ever win the show's top prize.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/popular-psychologist-joyce-brothers-dead-85

[Tx4obama]

1. From Twitter

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Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers has died in New York at age 85 - @AP, @Reuters

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2. AP one sentence:

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/popular-psychologist-joyce-brothers-has-died-new-york-age-85

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers has died in New York at age 85.

[RILib]

3. That's too bad

I remember when she was on television a lot. It was rare for an intelligent woman to get air time then.

[Mojorabbit]

19. I saw her speak while I was in

college a lifetime ago. I had no idea she was still alive. RIP to a wonderful woman.

[amuse bouche]

4. Oh wow

I remember her a long time ago

[Faygo Kid]

5. 85! Wow.

She was sane compared to the nutjobs "counseling" others now.

I feel really old today.

[DainBramaged]

7. That's both of us

her quiet measured confident demeanor always made me stop and listen.


One of a kind



Hope you are well.

[Bay Boy]

8. She must have been quite young when

she first came on TV in the 50s. Bonus points if you can guess her first claim to fame.

[Faygo Kid]

10. Won "The $64,000 Question" in the '50s

And her topic was boxing. That reminds me: College tournament again tonight on Jeopardy!, and I have to beat those whippersnappers yet again (except on pop culture - if it's after the '80s, I'm toast).

[Bay Boy]

13. Ding Ding Ding...we have a winner...

...but did you get the answers in advance? (like some did in the 50s)

[Bluzmann57]

6. Very sad

Her daughter and son in law live right here in Davenport, Iowa and both are hugely successful eye surgeons who have given back a LOT to the community. I believe it is because of Dr. Joyce's influence that they do these fine things.
I have actually eaten hamburgers with her at a backyard barbecue and she was just an ordinary type of person. And her and I had one thing in common; we both did not like onions. R.I.P. Dr. Joyce Brothers. A life well lived.

[YOHABLO]

9. Psychiatrist / Pyschologist: big difference

Dr. Joyce Brothers was a psychologist
Dr. Ruth Westheimer ..psychologist
Dr. Phil .. psychologist
Dr. Laura Schlessinger .. psychologist

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11. Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Ph.D. in physiology.

Her doctoral thesis was on insulin's effects on laboratory rats.

[Happyhippychick]

14. Correct. She is a glorified gym teacher, not a mental health professional. And quite unethical.

[closeupready]

24. "Why don't you let me finish a SENTENCE?!" "um, okay --" "DON'T

"...take things out of context!! Don't NAACP me!"

A real pro, that one.

[Happyhippychick]

26. I'm Jewish and one of my happiest days is when she renounced her belief in Orthodox Judaism.

I don't know what religion she joined, if any, but they can have her!

[kestrel91316]

12. Please correct your headline. She was NOT a psychiatrist (which is a physician).

She was a PSYCHOLOGIST.

[Ernesto]

15. censured by the American Psychological Association ........

She was a commercial hack that made big bucks off show biz.

[RILib]

28. "censored"

you mean criticized by some members for being on television. Oh, the horror.

Since when is making money evil.

[shenmue]

16. Rest in peace.

I liked her.

[duffyduff]

17. She was an honest contestant on those game shows, unlike many.

Producers of the $64,000 Question tried to bounce her off the show by giving her more and more obscure questions, but they couldn't get rid of her. Apparently she wasn't popular with the sponsor.

Here is a YouTube just uploaded showing clips from both the $64,000 Question and the spinoff the $64,000 Challenge:

[Sunlei]

21. cool vid! she had a a photographic memory and the vid shows her using that talent.

[Tanuki]

18. Rosanne Rosannadanna met her once

at the gym:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/hl-4959441/saturday_night_live_roseanne_rosannadanna_on_smoking_season_4/

[Manifestor_of_Light]

20. She was a lot more sensible than Ann Landers or some others.

Ann Landers spread that "If you're not a virgin you're worthless" crap and she had no mental health training.

Dr. Brothers was usually sensible. I'm sorry she's gone.

[Hekate]

22. I don't remember any such thing about Ann Landers or her sister Dear Abby

I read the newspaper (headlines, funnies, and advice) from the time I was a small kid in the 1950s. Their advice was pretty much in tune with the times -- and changed with the times. In fact, they started out sounding like my mother, and ended up far in advance of her. They were pretty broad-minded, all things considered. Of the two sisters, Ann Landers had the sharper tongue.

Hekate

[Manifestor_of_Light]

23. They showed us a movie in high school with Ann Landers.

She was raving about how boys only want one thing, and when they get that thing, they drop you like a Kleenex. You're only good for one thing, your virginity, and then you are worthless. It was appalling. I believed that crap because nobody told me anything differently.

She repeated her "Boys are animals, girls must be virgins" crap in her columns. I guess Middle America ate up that double standard crap. This movie was supposed to tell us how to act on dates, I guess. She said to "go bowling, dancing, anything except making out. That's BAD."

Wish I'd gotten a message other than "We won't tell you anything about sex but we'll make you feel horribly guilty for having normal thoughts and feelings".

Dear Abby was always a lot more sensible than Ann.

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25. 20 years ago, I met a guy who grew up with the Lederer sisters, and

he had a very low opinion of Ann, less so Abby. I think it's thought-provoking that they were estranged for many years.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

27. Ann was self-righteous and uptight.

I imagined her saying what she really thought: "I'm better than you because I was a virgin when I married and you weren't, you slut."

Ann was like a Republican--not interested in an issue until it affected her personally. In her case it was divorce. She thought divorce should be a last resort, until she got one and it changed her opinion. She married a guy who I think invented Presto cookers.

I graduated from high school in 1972. That woman's opinions really damaged me. But they were the opinions of a whole lot of other people. My parents never said anything to me about sex. The whole society conspired to not tell kids factual sex education back then.

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29. I was working ticket counter at JFK when the agent next to me checked her in

1994. She was tiny-tiny-tiny and immaculately dressed. Very soft-spoken. I still clearly remember she was wearing Mary Jane shoes.