{"id":42324,"date":"2022-12-31T03:39:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T03:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/barbara-walters-journalist-and-tv-legend-dies-at-age-93\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T03:39:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T03:39:06","slug":"barbara-walters-journalist-and-tv-legend-dies-at-age-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/barbara-walters-journalist-and-tv-legend-dies-at-age-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Walters, journalist and TV legend, dies at age 93"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/barbara-walters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbara Walters<\/a>, a journalist, TV legend and pioneering broadcaster, has died on the age of 93.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In an announcement posted to social media, Robert Iger, the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, mentioned Walters handed away at her dwelling in New York on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was a one-of-a-kind reporter who landed many of the most important interviews of our time from heads of state and leaders of regimes to the biggest celebrities and sports icons,\u201d Iger\u2019s assertion learn.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;ve unhappy information to share at present. Barbara Walters handed away this night at her dwelling in New York. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fxSyU6BQk4\">pic.twitter.com\/fxSyU6BQk4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Iger (@RobertIger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertIger\/status\/1609018986360102912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" id=\"recirc_test_read_more\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/1529642\/barbara-walters-touching-speech-in-montreal\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Barbara Walters\u2019 touching speech in Montreal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tBarbara Walters\u2019 touching speech in Montreal\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"recirc_test_inline_stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile is-hidden l-inlineStories--abTest\" aria-label=\"\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Read More<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/1529642\/barbara-walters-touching-speech-in-montreal\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/walters-e1409157969668.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Barbara Walters\u2019 touching speech in Montreal<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBarbara Walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. She lived her life with no regrets. 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Here\u2019s what else they reveal<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>Walters made headlines in 1976 as the primary feminine community information anchor.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her solely daughter, Jacqueline Danforth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Barbara Walters was an American establishment. As the primary feminine nationwide information anchor, she opened the door to infinite prospects for therefore many women who wished to work in TV, myself included. Her affect can&#8217;t be overstated. I\u2019ll miss you, Barbara. Thank you for all the things. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HokDilM6Rj\">pic.twitter.com\/HokDilM6Rj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lynda Carter (@ActualLyndaCarter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealLyndaCarter\/status\/1609022298576527363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So unhappy to listen to of the passing of Barbara Walters. What an honor to share the set \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ABC<\/a>\u2069 with the inimitable trailblazer after I joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC2020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@abc2020<\/a>. Will always remember the cellphone name when she requested me to affix the groundbreaking program. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0zKgKxmayY\">pic.twitter.com\/0zKgKxmayY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deborah Roberts (@DebRobertsABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DebRobertsABC\/status\/1609017828262166530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rest In Peace, Barbara Walters. Thanks for serving to me discover my voice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w6V5KhqMlC\">pic.twitter.com\/w6V5KhqMlC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alyssa_Milano\/status\/1609022514382139394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u00a0More to come back.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Barbara Walters, a journalist, TV legend and pioneering broadcaster, has died on the age of 93. In an announcement posted to social media, Robert Iger, the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, mentioned Walters handed away at her dwelling in New York on Friday. \u201cShe was a one-of-a-kind reporter who landed many of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}