Barbara Walters, the pioneering TV broadcaster who blazed a trail for women in a male-dominated medium, died Friday. She was 93. 7NEWS
Barbara Walters, the pioneering TV broadcaster who blazed a trail for women in a male-dominated medium, died Friday. She was 93.
She earned that reputation with a penchant for meticulous preparation, whether she was interviewing despots or divas, models or murderers. When she started as a writer on NBC’s “TODAY” show, a woman taking the helm seemed a pipe dream, but Walters would go on to become the first female US network news anchor in 1976, with an unprecedented $US1 million annual salary.
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