Here is a look at the life of the famous journalist Barbara Walters.
Folks:
Date of birth: September 25, 1929 (some sources say 1931)
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Name of birth: Barbara Jill Walters
Dad: Lou Walters, a theater producer
Mom: Dena (Selett) Walters
Weddings: Merv Adelson (1986-1992, divorced); Lee Guber (1963-1976, divorced); Robert Henry Katz (1955-1958, divorced)
Children: Adopted with Guber: Jackie, 1968
Education: Sarah Lawrence College, B.A., 1953
Other facts:
Walters interviewed all the presidents and first lady of the US, Richard and Pat Nixon, through Barack and Michelle Obama.
Other notable interviews include Fidel Castro, a joint interview with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Michael Jackson and Monica Lewinsky.
Named for 32 Daytime Emmy Awards and won four: three competitive and one honorary.
Named for 20 News and Documentary Emmy Awards and won eight: seven competitive and one honorary.
Named for 12 Primetime Emmy and won once.
Timeline:
1961-1974 – Reporter, writer and panelist on NBC's "The Today Show."
1974-1976 – Co-hosts "The Today Show".
1975 – Earn a Daytime Emmy as host or hostess in a series of lectures, services or varieties for "Today".
1976-2014 – Presenter of "The Barbara Walters Specials". The special "10 Most Fascinating People" has become a regular year-end program.
1976-1978 – She becomes the first woman to be anchor of "ABC World News Tonight" for an unprecedented salary of $ 1 million a year.
1980 – Win an Emmy of News and Documentary for Programs and Program Segments for "Special Edition Post-Election".
1982 – Win an Emmy for News & Documentaries for Interview / Highlight Interviewer (Program) for "The Barbara Walters Specials".
1983 – Win a Primetime Emmy for an excellent info series for "The Barbara Walters Specials".
1983 – Win an Emmy for News & Documentary for Interview / Segment Interviewer for "There But For The Grace Of God".
1984-2004 – Co-host and head of correspondence for ABC's "20/20". She gives up her regular place on the show in September 2004, but continues to report from time to time.
1987 – Win an Emmy for News & Documentary for Interview / Segment Interviewer for "The Woman Under The Crane".
January 7, 1990 – He is inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
1992 – Win an Emmy for News & Documentaries for Interview / Feature Interviewer (Segment) for "Arthur Seale / Patricia Reso – No Way Out Interviews".
1996 – Wins a Peabody Award for the episode "20/20" "The Journey of Christopher Reeve."
From 1997 to May 16, 2014 – Co-host of "The View".
1999 – Win an Emmy for news and documentaries for special rating for the featured news program and documentary of "The Millennium."
2000 – Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for daytime television.
2003 – Earn a Daytime Emmy for the excellent talk show (executive producer) for "The View".
June 14, 2007 – Get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
May 2008 – He reveals he had an affair with American Senator Edward Brooke for several years in the 1970s.
2009 – Earn a Daytime Emmy for the excellent talk show host for "The View."
2009 – Gets an Emmy for news and documentaries for prominent live coverage of a current news – long form for "Inauguration 2009 – Barack Obama."
September 21, 2009 – Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
May 2010 – Go through cardiac surgery to repair a valve.
January 19, 2013 – He is hospitalized after falling on a ladder while visiting the British ambassador's residence, leaving her with a cut in the forehead.
May 13, 2013 – Announces in "The View" that she will retire from TV journalism in the summer of 2014.
May 16, 2014 – The last episode of Walters as co-host of "The View" aired. She continues as co-executive producer.
February 2015 – Donates $ 15 million to Sarah Lawrence College toward the Barbara Walters Campus Center, due to open in 2019. Walters is a former college student.
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