Barbara Walters dies: TV journalist, ’20/20′ host and ‘The View’ creator was 93

Barbara Walters, the television journalist, 20/20 host and creator of The view, deceased. She turned 93.

“Barbara Walters, who broke the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in a once male-dominated industry, has passed away. She was 93,” ABC News tweeted.

Walters was born on September 25, 1929 in Boston. She was educated at Sarah Lawrence College, where she earned a degree in English. After graduating, she worked at NBC’s NYC affiliate, writing press releases. In 1953, she started as a producer and a 15-minute long children’s program called Ask the camera. In 1955 she became a writer on CBS. The morning program.

She joined in 1961 The Today Show about NBC as a writer and researcher. It wasn’t long before she became a “Today Girl” as she took on chores and the weather. After the death of Frank McGee, she became the official co-presenter of the morning show in 1974. Apart from their performance The Today Showshe organizes Not just for womena show on the local NBC affiliate.

Walters became the first woman to host an evening news program when she co-hosted the ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner between 1976 and 1978.

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