The death of Barbara Walters debated all the heads of the world

The ABC television network reported on Friday that Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on American television, is the first female anchor of an evening news broadcast and one of the most prominent women in the world. Interlocutors On television, she died at the age of 93.

Robert Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Co., parent company of ABC, said on Twitter that Walters, who created the popular all-female talk show "The View" on ABC in 1997, has died. Friday at her home in New York.

During her work, which spanned five decades, Walters interviewed a group of world leaders, including the Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the Libyan Muammar Gaddafi and the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in addition to all US presidents and their wives since Richard Nixon and his wife Pat.

the course of her life

ABC reported that Walters has won 12 Emmy Awards, 11 of them while at ABC News.

Barbara Walters began her media career on NBC's "The Today Show" in the XNUMXs as a writer and producer. She made history as the first anchor to co-anchor an American evening newscast, co-presenting the ABC Nightly News with Harry Reasoner.

In 1953, she produced a 15-minute children's program called Ask the Camera and directed by Ron Arledge. In 1955, she became a writer on “The Morning Show” at CBS. She joined Tex McCrary Inc. As a publicist, she then worked for several years as a writer for 'Redbook' magazine.

She joined NBC's "The Today Show" as a writer and researcher in 1961 and quickly became a regular "Today Girl" model. During those times women were only given lighter tasks such as weather reporting.

In defiance of the conventions of the era, she began to develop and write her own reports and interviews. She became the first female host of The Today Show in 1974.

Barbara Walters teamed with Harry Reasoner as co-anchor of the ABC Evening News in 1976-78. However, the two had a very difficult working relationship because Reasoner didn't like having her as a co-anchor.

While with ABC, she worked as a commentator on specials such as the presidential inauguration and as a moderator between candidates Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford during the 1976 presidential election.

She is known for her personal journalism and skills in conducting Interviews. She conducted a joint interview with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in November 1977.

consecutive successes 

Barbara Walters joined ABC news magazine “20/20” in 1979 and became a regular special contributor by 1981. She has worked with Hugh Downs for years and has a great working relationship with him.

During her long and productive career, she met leaders from around the world including Britain's Margaret Thatcher, Cuba's Fidel Castro, Russia's Boris Yeltsin and Venezuela's President, Hugo Chávez. She also met celebrity icons such as Michael Jackson, Sir Laurence Olivier and Katharine Hepburn.

Barbara Walters, along with Bill Geddy, conceived the idea for the talk show, "The View," which has been airing on ABC since August 1997. The show has run for 17 seasons and has a panel of five hosts who discuss a variety of social and political issues.

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