Barbara Walters

Barbara Walters, one of American television's most prominent interviewers and the first woman to anchor a US evening news broadcast, has died at 93, ...

As she appeared more frequently, she was spared the title of Today Girl that had been attached to her female predecessors. Then she began to make occasional on-air appearances with offbeat stories such as A Day in the Life of a Nun or the tribulations of a Playboy bunny. In May 2014, she taped her final episode of The View amid much ceremony and a gathering of scores of luminaries to end a five-decade career in television (although she continued to make occasional TV appearances after that). A side venture and unexpected hit, Walters considered The View the "dessert" of her career. Her drive was legendary as she competed — not just with rival networks, but with colleagues at her own network — for each big "get" in a world jammed with more and more interviewers, including female journalists who had followed on the trail she blazed. Late in her career, in 1997, she gave infotainment a new twist with The View, a live ABC weekday panel show with an all-female panel for whom any topic was on the table and who welcomed guests ranging from world leaders to teen idols.

The ABC network interrupted its schedule on Friday night to share the sad news and reflect on her career. The cause of death was not immediately known, and ...

“Barbara Walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. Her drive was legendary as she competed - not just with rival networks, but with colleagues at her own network - for each big “get” in a world jammed with more and more interviewers, including female journalists who had followed on the trail she blazed. During nearly four decades at ABC, and before that at NBC, Walters’ exclusive interviews with rulers, royalty and entertainers brought her celebrity status that ranked with theirs, while placing her at the forefront of the trend in broadcast journalism that made stars of TV reporters and brought news programs into the race for higher ratings. She lived her life with no regrets. Walter began her journalism career on NBC’s The Today Show in the 1960s as a writer and segment producer. Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on US television as the first female anchor on an evening news broadcast and one of TV’s most prominent interviewers, has died at age 93.

Barbara Walters, the pioneering journalist who broke countless barriers in her 50-year career, has died at age 93.

Walters said the one regret she has in life is not spending more time with Jackie, now 49, as a child. In 1974, she became the first woman to ever host NBC’s “Today” after more than a decade at the network. After sitting at the table for 17 years, Walters stepped down from the show in 2014, but remained an executive producer. She remained a fixture on the late-night program for 25 years until she stepped down in 2004. But perhaps her most prized endeavour will always be “The View,” which launched in 1997. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1953 and soon took a job writing for CBS’ morning program.

Barbara Walters made headlines in 1976 as the first US female network news anchor, with an unprecedented $US1 million annual salary.

As a highly successful side venture, she created and appeared on a daytime ABC talk show, The View. She made broadcast history as the first woman co-anchor on a US evening newscast, opposite Harry Reasoner. Her drive was legendary as she competed for each big “get” in a world jammed with more and more rivals, including female journalists who had followed on the trail that she blazed.

Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who led the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar has died. She was 93.

As she appeared more frequently, she was spared the title of Today Girl that had been attached to her female predecessors. Then she began to make occasional on-air appearances with offbeat stories such as A Day in the Life of a Nun or the tribulations of a Playboy bunny. In May 2014, she taped her final episode of The View amid much ceremony and a gathering of scores of luminaries to end a five-decade career in television (although she continued to make occasional TV appearances after that). A side venture and unexpected hit, Walters considered The View the "dessert" of her career. Her drive was legendary as she competed — not just with rival networks, but with colleagues at her own network — for each big "get" in a world jammed with more and more interviewers, including female journalists who had followed on the trail she blazed. Late in her career, in 1997, she gave infotainment a new twist with The View, a live ABC weekday panel show with an all-female panel for whom any topic was on the table and who welcomed guests ranging from world leaders to teen idols.

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In 1997, Walters launched The View on ABC, a popular roundtable discussion show for women that was sometimes riven by disputes with her co-hosts Star Jones and Rosie O’Donnell. After her unhappy run on the ABC Evening News ended in 1978, Walters established herself on the network’s prime-time news magazine show 20/20 and stayed with the program for 25 years. She also had high-profile boyfriends such as Alan Greenspan, former head of the Federal Reserve, and John Warner, who would later become a senator from Virginia. Walters became so prominent that her star quality sometimes overshadowed the people she was questioning. “These two men were really quite brutal to me and it was not pleasant,” Walters told the San Francisco Examiner. “I never thought I’d have this kind of a life,” Walters said in a 2004 Chicago Tribune interview.

Barbara Walters, the US television broadcaster who became the first woman to anchor a primetime network news program and later launched The View, ...

In a May 2019 New York Times Magazine cover story, The View was deemed “the most important political TV show in America.” Walters joined ABC News in the US in 1976, anchoring an evening news program. She would become the program’s first female co-host in 1974, and won her first Emmy award the following year for Outstanding Talk Show Host. CNN noted today Walters was married four times, to business executive Robert Katz, producer Lee Guber and twice to entertainment mogul Merv Adelson. She will be missed by all of us at The Walt Disney Company, and we send our deepest condolences to her daughter, Jacqueline.” “Barbara Walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones.

First female network news anchor in US achieved a celebrity status on par with the rulers, royalty and entertainers she interviewed.

“I always thought I’d be a writer for television. The circumstances of her death were not given. “I never expected this!” Walters said in 2004, taking measure of her success.

"Without Barbara Walters there wouldn't have been me -- nor any other woman you see on evening, morning, and daily news. She was indeed a Trailblazer. I did my very first television audition with her in mind the whole time. Grateful that she was such a ...

She paved the way for so many -- we learned from her -- and remain in awe of her to this day. "Barbara Walters will always be known as a trail blazer. "The world of journalism has lost a pillar of professionalism, courage, and integrity. "So often we toss around the words icon, legend, trailblazer - but Barbara Walters was all of these. A true trailblazer, she was the 1st woman anchor on the evening news. She cared about the truth and she made us care too. She left the world the better for it. "The Legend. Barbara Walters was a trailblazer and a true pro. "I owe Barbara Walters more than I could ever repay. She will be missed by all of us at The Walt Disney Company, and we send our deepest condolences to her daughter, Jacqueline." Grateful to have followed in her Light."

Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on US television as the first female anchor on an...

She was a trailblazer not only for female journalists, but for all women," said publicist Cindi Berger in a statement. Her drive was legendary as she competed - not just with rival networks, but with colleagues at her own network - for each big "get" in a world jammed with more and more interviewers, including female journalists who had followed on the trail she blazed. She lived her life with no regrets.