TV Barbara Walters, the queen of American television with a fortune of 150 million and who has not been seen in the last five years
Journalist
Barbara Walters
, who revolutionized a male-dominated industry by being the first woman to host an evening newscast in the United States, has died at the age of 93, ABC reported Friday, for which she worked for many years.
Walters interviewed numerous US presidents, foreign leaders such as Anwar Sadat of Egypt or Fidel Castro of Cuba and celebrities in a
five-decade career
that made her a cornerstone of American television culture.
The journalist has won
12 Emmy Awards
, all but one for her work on ABC.
She retired from television after leaving the daytime show 'The View' in 2014, which she launched in 1997.
Walters became the first woman to host an evening newscast in the United States when she joined the 'ABC Evening News' in 1976, drawing a then-record salary
of $1 million a year
.
"How proud I feel today when I see all the young women who are making and reporting the news," she said in her last appearance on 'The View'.
"If I did something to help make that happen, that will be my legacy," she added.
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