Barbara Walters, the pioneering television news broadcaster, correspondent and longstanding ABC News anchor died on Friday. She was 93.
According to CNN, Walters died peacefully in her home. “She lived her life with no regrets,” Walters’s spokesperson Cindi Berger told CNN in a statement. “She was a trailblazer not only for female journalists but for all women.”
Walters became the first female anchor of an evening news program and a dominant force in the media industry in becoming a co-host of “20/20” and launching “The View”.
While Walters delivered numerous high-profile interviews in her career that extended more than five decades along with 12 Emmy awards, her memorable 1978 interview with heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali stands out as one of her few ventures into the sports world.