Popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film personality Joyce Brothers has died. She was 85.

Dr. Joyce Brothers (Ron Galella/WireImage/Getty Images)
Dr. Joyce Brothers (Ron Galella/WireImage/Getty Images)
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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.

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