TV presenter and author Barbara Walters has died at the age of 93. CNN with reference to the representative of Mrs. Walters Cindy Berger. The information was also confirmed by the TV channel ABC. Barbara Walters was the first American journalist to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Barbara Walters passed away at her home surrounded by loved ones. She was a trailblazer not only for women journalists, but for all women,” Ms Berger said.
Since 1976, Barbara Walters has worked on the ABC television channel as a newscaster. She was the first woman to hold this position, notes CNN. Prior to that, Ms. Walters hosted NBC’s Today morning show for 15 years. In the last years of her career, she hosted her own daytime television show, The View, for which she was awarded a television Emmy Award.
During her career, she has interviewed every US president since Richard Nixon. In 1991, Barbara Walters interviewed Russia’s first president, Boris Yeltsin, and in 2001, she became the first US journalist to interview Vladimir Putin. In 2014, she announced her retirement.