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  1. Dec 30, 2022 · Barbara Walters, the legendary journalist known for her wide-ranging interviews with notable people and for cohosting “20/20” and “The View,” has died at the age of 93, ABC News announced ...

  2. Aug 31, 2023 · It's been eight months—almost to the day—since broadcast journalism trailblazer Barbara Walters died at age 93. Until today, her final resting place and last words were a closely-kept...

  3. Dec 30, 2022 · Barbara Walters, who broke barriers for women as the first female co-host of the “Today” show and the first female anchor of a network evening news program, and who as an interviewer of...

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    Walters' path to journalistic stardom was a bumpy road as she battled sexism from male broadcasters — experiences she discussed openly later in her career. When the late broadcaster Frank McGee joined "TODAY" as a co-host in 1971 — three years before Walters was officially named a co-host — he instituted a new rule: in interviews, she could not ask...

    As Walters’ career blossomed, being “the pushy one” also meant pushing other female reporters into their own seats at the anchor desk, several journalists said in their social media tributes. ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts wrote in an Instagram post that Walters "taught me so much and took me under her wing" after asking her to join her on ...

    Walters appeared to agree that her greatest accomplishment was the door she opened for women in journalism and the many who followed her. On Walters' final show on “The View” in 2014, Oprah Winfrey introduced a surprise parade of female journalists — including Sawyer, Couric, Guthrie, Kotb, Vieira, McFadden and others — who marched out on stage to ...

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  5. BARBARA WALTERS passed away at the age of 93. The obituary was featured in Legacy on December 30, 2022, and New York Times on January 4, 2023.

  6. Dec 31, 2022 · Barbara Walters, a broadcast legend who blazed myriad trails for women in journalism, has died at her home in New York City. She was 93. Walters' amazing career transcended six decades, from...

  7. Dec 31, 2022 · Emmy-winning newswoman and celebrity interviewer Barbara Walters, the doyenne of television news, died Friday evening at her home in New York, her publicist confirmed to Variety. She was 93.

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