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Barbara Walters

1929 - 2022

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Barbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929 – December 30, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, she appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including Today, the ABC Evening News, 20/20, and The View. Walters was a working journalist from 1951 until her retirement in 2014. Walters was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1989, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NATAS in 2000 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Walters is the 28th most popular presenter, the 4,364th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,660th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Presenter.

Barbara Walters is most famous for her trailblazing career in broadcast journalism, including being the first woman to co-anchor a network news program in the United States and for her numerous interviews with world leaders and celebrities. She is also known for co-creating the daytime talk show "The View," which has become a popular platform for discussing current events and social issues.

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Barbara Walters ranks 28 out of 143. Before her are Walter Cronkite, Christine Chubbuck, Matt Lucas, Conan O'Brien, Igor Kirillov, and John Oliver. After her are Rudi Carrell, Sharon Osbourne, Bear Grylls, Mike Bongiorno, Howard Stern, and Thomas Gottschalk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Barbara Walters ranks 228. Before her are Ronnie Biggs, Hal Ashby, Maarten Schmidt, Fazil Iskander, Józef Glemp, and Liselotte Pulver. After her are Roger Bannister, June Squibb, Joe Pass, Péter Palotás, Nina Ponomaryova, and Nigel Hawthorne. Among people deceased in 2022, Barbara Walters ranks 201. Before her are Eugene Parker, Kitten Natividad, Dominique Lapierre, Maarten Schmidt, Kunimitsu Takahashi, and Elza Soares. After her are Jüri Tarmak, Alec John Such, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Jimmy Wang Yu, Nick Bollettieri, and Jack Higgins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Walters ranks 4,364 out of 20,380. Before her are Barbara Babcock (1937), Rue McClanahan (1934), Tyga (1989), Linda Darnell (1923), Andre Braugher (1962), and Helen Parkhurst (1886). After her are Sammy Hagar (1947), Mildred Natwick (1905), Jackie Gleason (1916), Robert Lansing (1864), Richard Hamming (1915), and Mack Swain (1876).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Barbara Walters ranks 17. Before her are Johnny Carson (1925), Fred Rogers (1928), Michael Buffer (1944), Walter Cronkite (1916), Christine Chubbuck (1944), and Conan O'Brien (1963). After her are Mike Bongiorno (1924), Howard Stern (1954), Michael Cole (1968), Huell Howser (1945), Jesse James (1969), and Phil McGraw (1950).

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