Dr. Joyce Brothers, Culturally-Iconic Psychologist Whose Long-Running Broadcasting Career Was Launched By Quiz-Show Success, R.I.P.

Dr. Joyce Brothers, the psycologist whose long radio and TV career as someone who counseled millions over the airwaves long before Doctors Ruth, Phil, and Laura was launched by being a champion contestant (on the subject of boxing) on The $64, 000 Question, passed away on Monday at her home in Fort Lee, New Jersey at age 85.

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Historically, she was a bridge between advice columnists like Dear Abby and Ann Landers, who got their start in the mid-1950s, and the self-help advocates of the 1970s and afterward.

Throughout the 1960s, and long beyond, one could scarcely turn on the television or open a newspaper without encountering her. She was the host of her own nationally syndicated TV shows, starting in the late 1950s with “The Dr. Joyce Brothers Show” and over the years including “Ask Dr. Brothers,” “Consult Dr. Brothers” and “Living Easy With Dr. Joyce Brothers.”

       

She was also a ubiquitous guest on talk shows like “The Tonight Show” and on variety shows like “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.”

She was a panelist on many game shows, including “What’s My Line?” and “The Hollywood Squares.” These appearances had a fitting symmetry: It was as a game-show contestant that Dr. Brothers had received her first television exposure.