Trailblazing journalist Barbara Walters has died at 93
Over more than a half century, the driven celebrity journalist built one of the most remarkable careers in TV news. She was 93.
Updated December 30, 2022 at 10:15 PM ET
Barbara Walters, one of the most famous American broadcast journalists, has died at the age of 93 on Friday evening, according to ABC News, her former employer. A cause of death was not provided immediately.
Though a celebrity as much as anyone she covered, Walters pursued serious subjects as well. She was an unexpected pathbreaker. And if you remember Walters as a journalist who blurred the lines between news and entertainment, there is some truth to that.
She easily delivered lines like these to introduce Hollywood's "it" couple for her special, "" saying, "Those
