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Barbara Walters, news pioneer and ‘The View’ creator, dies

FILE - Television journalist Barbara Walters attends the Metropolitan Opera season opening night gala performance at Lincoln Center on Sept. 22, 2008, in New York. Walters, a superstar and pioneer in TV news, has died, according to ABC News on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. She was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

FILE - Newswoman Barbara Walters is seen on NBC-TV's Today Show on June 3, 1976. Walters, a superstar and pioneer in TV news, has died, according to ABC News on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. She was 93. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff, File)

FILE - Walters Barbara is seen after opening night on the ABC evening news with anchor partner Harry Reasoner, on Oct. 4, 1976. Walters, a superstar and pioneer in TV news, has died, according to ABC News on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. She was 93. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - ABC television newscaster Barbara Walters wraps her arms around her husband, Merv Adelson, moments after their wedding ceremony on May 10, 1986, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Walters, a superstar and pioneer in TV news, has died, according to ABC News on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. She was 93. (AP Photo/Peter Borsari, File)

FILE - Former President Richard M. Nixon answers questions during an interview by ABC television personality Barbara Walters on May 8, 1980, in New York. Walters, a superstar and pioneer in TV news, has died, according to ABC News on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. She was 93. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine, File)

Barbara Walters, news pioneer and ‘The View’ creator, dies