.ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV icon, has died at 93. We take a look back at her astonishing life and legacy.
Barbara Walters attends the New York Public Library Lunch 2016: A New York State of Mind at The New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, April 13, 2016 in New York.Barbara Walters, the trailblazing television news broadcaster and longtime ABC News anchor and correspondent who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93.
Growing up around celebrities taught a young Barbara a lesson that she relied upon throughout her career. "Her condition also altered my life," Walters wrote. "I think I knew from a very early age that at some point Jackie would become my responsibility. That awareness was one of the main reasons I was driven to work so hard. But my feelings went beyond financial responsibility.
In her memoir, Walters wrote that she had dark hair, a sallow complexion and was often told she was skinny. She said her parents' term of endearment for her was "Skinnymalinkydin." Upon the death of Castro in 2016, Walters released a statement saying the dictator had called her two interviews with him "fiery debates."
Barbara Walters interviews former President Ronald Reagan for ABC News'"20/20" at his Santa Barbara Ranch in 1981.Walters also interviewed every U.S. president and first lady from the Nixons to the Obamas. She interviewed President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump before they entered the White House.
She was honored in 2001 with a wax portrait of her likeness at Madame Tussauds in New York City and in 2007 she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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