Psychologist & Advice Columnist Dr. Joyce Brothers Passes Away At 85 – R.I.P.

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Sad news, Dr. Joyce Brothers passed away today in New York.

CBS Los Angeles just tweeted this news:

BREAKING: Psychologist and advice columnist #JoyceBrothers has died at the age of 85.

According to WINK and USA Today, the popular psychologist died at the age of 85 in New York.

The psychologist Joyce Brothers (born 1928) pioneered the trend to phone-in questions for professional psychological advice. Her rise to prominence in "pop-psych" in electronic media followed her unusual success on a television quiz show in the mid-1950s. -Answers.com

We'll miss you Dr. Brothers. Condolences to your friend and family and may you rest in peace.

Take a trip down memory lane and watch her hilarious interviews on Conan.