Dec. 30 (UPI) — Barbara Walters, the pioneering broadcast journalist who was the first female anchor on an evening news program, died Friday. She was 93.
The ABC network, where Walters long worked, interrupted its schedule Friday night to announce the news of her death.
Walters’ storied career began in the early 1960s when she served as a writer and segment producer for “The Today Show.”
She joined ABC News in 1976 as a co-host alongside Harry Reasoner on “ABC Evening News,” shattering the glass ceiling in the male-dominated news industry.
Walters became a co-host of “20/20” in 1979, which she led through 2004 and again from 2013 to 2014.
She was most recently known for creating, producing and co-hosting the ABC daytime talk show “The View” from 1994 until her retirement.
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