Pioneering TV journalist Barbara Walters dies at 93

Ms Walters, who created the popular ABC women's talk show The View in 1997, died at her home in New York, Robert Iger, chief executive of ABC's corporate parent, The Walt Disney Co., said in a statement."Barbara was a true legend, a pioneer not just for women in journalism but for journalism itself," Mr Iger wrote.

"I asked Yeltsin if he drank too much, and I asked Putin if he killed anybody," Ms Walters told the New York Times in 2013. Both answered no. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, she worked in public relations before joining NBC's Today show as a writer and segment producer in 1961. Her unwilling partner, Harry Reasoner, made his disdain for Ms Walters obvious even when they were on the air.

In 1977, she scored a joint interview with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin before they made peace.

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It’s as well she wasn’t in Ireland with the GenderHateMaritalBan. Discrimination Grounds: Gender- F, FamilyStatus-married: I’m afraid we concoct Discrimination Based Laws: Jobs are for People with a Penis only or unmarried women who -also have no children”

Typical American journo. Cold, calculating and self-centred. All the charm of a poisonous viper. Maybe she was nice to her cat though.🙄

She was a big name but a poor interviewer .

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