She was the first woman anchor of both a morning and evening television-news program
Barbara Walters, the trailblazing journalist who was the first woman anchor of both a morning and an evening television-news program and at one point was the highest-paid TV-news personality in the country, has died. She was 93 years old.
Ms. Walters died Friday evening at her home in New York, according to Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger.
Best known for her interviews of world leaders, entertainers and newsmakers, Ms. Walters rose from writing news releases for a local New York TV station in the early 1950s to become the grand dame of television news. In the process, she broke down numerous barriers and cleared the way for a generation of women to follow in her footsteps including Diane Sawyer, Jane Pauley and Katie Couric.