Barbara Walters Cause Of Death, Parents, Husband, Children: Barbara Walters, officially known as Barbara Jill Walters was an American broadcast journalist and television personality.
She started her career in the 1960s as a writer and segment producer of women’s interest stories on ‘The Today Show.’ Viewers’ interest in her show resulted in Walters receiving more airtime, and in 1974, she became co-host of the program, the first woman to hold such a title on an American news program.
Barbara Walters was known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers. She interviewed every sitting U.S. president and first lady from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. She also interviewed both Donald Trump and Joe Biden when they were not yet presidents.
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Barbara Walters was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1989, and in 2007 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2000.
Barbara Walters worked as a journalist from 1951 until her retirement in 2015. She died on December 30, 2022, at the age of 93.
Barbara Walters Cause Of Death
The cause of Barbara Walters death hasn’t been yet made public. However, in 2010, she had open heart surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve. She died at her home in Manhattan on Friday, December 30, 2022, at the age of 93.
Barbara Walters Age
Barbara Walters was born on Tuesday, September 25, 1929. He celebrated her 93rd birthday on September 25, 2022, before she died in December of the same year.
Barbara Walters Parents
Barbara Walters was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Lou Walters (father) and Dena Seletsky (mother).
Her father was a British-born American booking agent, theatrical producer, and the founder of the famed Latin Quarter nightclub in New York. He was born in 1896 in London, United Kingdom and he died on August 15, 1977. Her mother was born in 1897 and died in 1988.
Barbara Walters Husband
Barbara Walters was married 4 times to 3 different men. Her first marriage was to Robert Henry Katz, a business executive, and former Navy lieutenant. They married in 1955 and separated in 1957.
Her 2nd husband was Lee Guber, a theatrical producer and theater owner. They married from 1963 to 1976. After their split, Barbara Walters got married to Merv Adelson, the CEO of Lorimar Television.
Barbara and Merv married in 1981 and divorced in 1984. They remarried in 1986 and divorced for the second time in 1992.
Barbara Walters Children
After Walters had three miscarriages, she and her 2nd husband, Lee adopted a baby girl named Jacqueline Dena Guber (born in 1968, adopted the same year).
Barbara Walters Siblings
Barbara Walters grew up together with 3 other siblings; Jacqueline Walters, Walda Walters Anderson, and Burton Walters.
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