Rosie O’Donnell is opening up about why she missed The View’s tribute to Barbara Walters.
31.12.2022 - 06:13 / deadline.com
Barbara Walters, the television journalist, 20/20 host and creator of The View, has died. She was 93.
“Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93,” ABC News tweeted.
BREAKING: Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93. https://t.co/tydwREgTb2 pic.twitter.com/b4jOEHVYFE
Walters was born in Boston on September 25, 1929. She received her education from Sarah Lawrence College where she earned a degree in English. After graduating she worked at the NBC affiliate in NYC where she wrote press releases. It was in 1953 when she started as a producer, making a 15-minute children’s program called Ask the Camera. In 1955 she became a writer on CBS’ The Morning Show.
By 1961 she joined The Today Show on NBC as a writer and researcher. It wasn’t long before she became a “Today Girl” when she started taking on assignments and the weather. She would become an official co-host on the morning show in 1974 after Frank McGee died. Aside from her gig on The Today Show, she hosted Not for Women Only, a show on the local NBC affiliate.
Walters became the first woman to host an evening newscast when she coanchored the ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner between 1976 and 1978.
The television news star would is best known for her celebrity interviews on 20/20, the ABC newsmagazine Walters joined in 1979. Over the years she interviewed political figures like Egypt’s president Anwar Al Sadat, Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin, UK’s Margaret Thatcher, Cuba’s Fidel Castro, King Hussein of Jordan, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, among many others.
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Rosie O’Donnell is opening up about why she missed The View’s tribute to Barbara Walters.
The hosts of daytime talk show The View paid tribute to their late creator, Barbara Walters.
Rosie O’Donnell did not take part in The View‘s tribute to the late Barbara Walters on Tuesday, January 3, but she was invited to appear.
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Forever in our hearts. The View cohosts paid tribute to long-time host and creator of the show Barbara Walters in the first episode following her death on Friday, December 30.
The View is set to return from its holiday hiatus on Tuesday, January 3, and will celebrate the show’s creator Barbara Walters. The pioneering journalist died Friday, December 30 at the age of 93.
More than 50 years before her death, TV journalist Barbara Walters and then-husband Lee Guber adopted their daughter, Jacqueline, after dealing with fertility struggles.
ABC News will pay tribute to legendary journalist Barbara Walters in two specials over this holiday weekend – Our Barbara: A Special Edition of 20/20 on ABC and The View Honors Barbara Walters on ABC News Live.
Barbara Walters was a broadcasting pioneer, interviewing dozens of famous faces from former President Richard Nixon to pop star Taylor Swift.
The journalism world lost a legend this week.
, broke down barriers at The Today Show in the '70s, became the first woman to coanchor a network news program, founded The View, and so much more. “Without Barbara Walters, there wouldn’t have been me—nor any other woman you see on evening, morning, and daily news,” wrote in a . She was indeed a Trailblazer.