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Born in 1925, trailblazing American broadcast journalist Barbara Walters was a working reporter from 1951 until 2015, appearing as a host of numerous television programs, including Today, The View, 20/20, and the ABC Evening News. May 16, 2014, was Walters’ last day as a co-host on the all-women talk show The View that she created in 1997. She then hosted a few special 20/20 episodes, with her final on-air appearance in December, 2015.