TV psychologist Joyce Brothers dies at age 85: publicist

(Reuters) – U.S. psychologist Joyce Brothers, who parlayed winning the “The $64,000 Question” TV game show in 1955 into a nearly six-decade career as a television personality and columnist, died on Monday, her publicist said. She was 85. Brothers died of natural causes in New York, said Sanford Brokaw, her Los Angeles-based spokesman. She began dispensing advice on television in 1958 and penned columns on topics such as sex and relationships until early 2013. She also had a prodigious knowledge of boxing and is thought to be the sport’s first female commentator. …