Legendary TV journalist, broadcaster Barbara Walters dies at age 93

Record ID: 1705049

  • Title: Legendary TV journalist, broadcaster Barbara Walters dies at age 93
  • Date: 31st December 2022
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - JUNE 23, 1997) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** U.S. JOURNALIST BARBARA WALTERS ARRIVING WALTERS TALKING TO REPORTER NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK USA (FILE - FEBRUARY 5, 2007) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) WALTERS IN THE AUDIENCE AT OSCAR DE LA RENTA SHOW WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE - OCTOBER 22, 1994) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) WALTERS ARRIVING IN A CAR AT BRITISH EMBASSY AND COMMENTING TO NEWS MEDIA
  • Embargoed: 14th January 2023 03:28
  • Keywords: ABC NEWS Barbara Walters TV The View broadcaster journalist obituary
  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES/ LONDON, ENGLAND
  • City: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES/ LONDON, ENGLAND
  • Country: Various
  • Topics: Celebrities,Arts/Culture/Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA001877501011970RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on U.S. television as the first female anchor on an evening news broadcast and one of TV's most prominent interviewers, has died at age 93, her long-time ABC home network said on Friday (December 30).
    Walters, who created the popular ABC women's talk show "The View" in 1997, died on Friday at her home in New York, Robert Iger, chief executive of ABC's corporate parent, the Walt Disney Co., said on Twitter.
    In a broadcast career spanning five decades, Walters interviewed an array of world leaders, including Cuba's Fidel Castro, Britain's Margaret Thatcher, Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, Saddam Hussein of Iraq, and every U.S. president and first lady since Richard and Pat Nixon.
    Walters, who began her journalism career on NBC's "The Today Show" in the 1960s as a writer and segment producer, earned 12 Emmy awards, 11 of those while at ABC News, according to the network.
    (Production: Edward Baran)
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