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Children. 3, including Barbara. Louis Edward Walters [1] (January 26, 1894 – August 15, 1977) was a British-born American booking agent, theatrical producer and the founder of the famed Latin Quarter nightclub in New York. He was the father of journalist Barbara Walters .
- Booking agent, producer, nightclub founder
- August 15, 1977 (aged 83), Miami, Florida, U.S.
- 1910s–1965
Aug 16, 1977 · Lou Walters, one of the nation's leading: supper‐club entrepreneurs in the 1940's and 50's, owner and operator of the famed Latin Quarter in midtown Manhattan, died of a heart attack yesterday...
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Jan 2, 2023 · PBS reports that Barbara Walters' father, Lou Walters, was quite the show business visionary as well. The successful club owner was most famous for founding New York City nightclub "The Latin Quarter" (per the Internet Broadway Database ). Here's a look at his life and how it inspired his daughter.
- Cynthia Griffith
Dec 31, 2022 · Lou moved to Boston as a young man, where he married his wife, Dena Seletsky Walters. In addition to Barbara, who was born in September 1929, they had two other children: son Burton, who died of pneumonia in childhood, and daughter Jacqueline. (Barbara would later name her own daughter, Jacqueline Danforth, after her sister.)
- Shana Aborn
Apr 11, 2024 · Jackie Walters' marker remembers her as "beloved daughter and sister." Dena Walters' as "beloved wife and mother." Lou Walters' as "beloved husband and father."
Jan 6, 2023 · Barbara Walters was born on September 25, 1929, in Boston. Her parents, per her obituary in The New York Times, were Lou Walters and Dena Seletsky Walters. Both were the children of Jewish refugees escaping persecution on the European mainland.
Louis Edward Walters (January 26, 1894 – August 15, 1977) was a British-born American booking agent, theatrical producer and the founder of the famed Latin Quarter nightclub in New York. He was the father of journalist Barbara Walters .
