Barbara Walters: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Television Academy Interviews - Barbara Walters. Nov 01, 2026
Anniversary information added. Sep 21, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 26, 2025
Article revised and updated. Jun 23, 2025
Added additional photographs of Walters; revised text to reflect she was the first woman to host the Today show; added cross-reference to Today; added Top Questions. May 07, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - The Life and Legacy of 'Rulebreaker' Barbara Walters. Sep 13, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 24, 2024
Noted that she cocreated The View. Nov 07, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Barbara Walters. Jun 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Emmys - Biography of Barbara Walters. May 17, 2023
Added death location. Dec 30, 2022
Updated with her death. Dec 30, 2022
Add new Web site: Television Academy Interviews - Barbara Walters. Sep 06, 2022
Add new Web site: CNN Politics - How Barbara Walters helped Americans understand their presidents. Jul 11, 2022
Changed the end date of her series about the year's most fascinating people from "2013" to "2015." Aug 31, 2018
Add new Web site: New York State Broadcasters Association - Hall of Fame - Barbara Walters. Mar 08, 2017
Add new Web site: Television Enyclopedia - Barbara Walters. Mar 08, 2017
Changed her birth year from 1931 to 1929. Sep 25, 2014
Add new Web site: Jewish Women's Archive - Biography of Barbara Walters. May 19, 2014
Noted retirement from The View. May 16, 2014
Added photograph. Mar 29, 2012
Article revised and updated. May 07, 2008
Article revised. Dec 07, 1999
New article added. Jul 02, 1999
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