US News Anchor Barbara Walters Dies Aged 93 – BBC News

Dec 31, 2022 | US TV broadcaster Barbara Walters has died aged 93, after a career spanning half a century. She became the first US female network news anchor when she joined ABC News in 1976, and is widely regarded as a trailblazer for women in television and journalism. During her career she interviewed a long list of world leaders including Margaret Thatcher, Vladimir Putin, Fidel Castro and every US President from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump. "I have been blessed with a life I never expected," Walters said back in 2000 as she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.