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Pioneering Broadcast Journalist Barbara Walters’ Life in Pictures

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December 31, 2022
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In 1963, Walters married her second husband, Lee Guber, a businessman and theater producer. Guber and Walters share one daughter, Jacqueline Dena Guber.

Barbara Walters and her then-husband Lee Guber in their New York home in 1966.

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At the age of 52, Walters became the first female host of the “Today” show in 1974. She cohosted alongside Jim Hartz.

Barbara Walters and Jim Hartz, co-hosts of Today, shown in rehearsal in NBC News Election Central in Rockefeller Center.

Barbara Walters (right) and Jim Hartz (left) cohost the “Today” show shown in 1974.

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Walters was nominated for her first Emmy in 1974 and would go on to win 12 throughout her career.

NBC News' Barbara Walters in the 1974

Barbara Walters poses with an Emmy award in 1974.

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In the 1980s, Walters began conducting impressive celebrity interviews with famous figures like Michael Jackson and Fidel Castro. Walters also became a celebrity in her own right, attending events like the annual Met Gala in 1982.

TV journalist Barbara Walters attends the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala Exhibition of

Barbara Walters attends the 1982 Met Gala.

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Walter garnered many high-profile friendships throughout her career, including one with the late Princess Diana.

Diana, Princess of Wales, with her friend Lucia Flecha De Lima and Barbara Walters at the pre-auction party at Christie's in New York

Lucia Flecha de Lima (left), Princess Diana (center), and Barbara Walters (right) chat in New York on June 23, 1997.

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Among Walters’ most respected peers was fellow talk-show host Oprah. On Friday Oprah honored Walters on Instagram and thanked her for paving the way for women like herself.

Barbara Walters sitting with Oprah Winfrey January 1, 1999

Barbara Walters (left) sitting with Oprah Winfrey (right) in January 1999.

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In 1979, Walters became a correspondent on ABC’s “20/20” after making history as the first woman to co-anchor an evening network news program three years prior. She went on to cohost “20/20” alongside Hugh Downs from 1984 to 2004.

Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters on set for

Hugh Downs (left) and Barbara Walters (right) on “20/20” in 1999.

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