Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Barbara Walters poses for a portrait in 2008.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters produces the 15-minute children's program "Ask the Camera" in 1953.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters, right, is seen with "Ask the Camera" host Kathi Norris in 1953.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters takes a phone call at her desk in New York in 1962. In 1961, she started working as a reporter, writer and panel member on NBC's "Today" show.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters and Hugh Downs sit at the "Today" show desk in 1966. The two worked together for much of their career.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters looks at film negatives behind the scenes in 1966.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters has her makeup applied prior to a "Today" filming in 1966.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters and Downs, right, stand with a dishwasher on the '"Today" show set in 1966.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters relaxes with her second husband, businessman and theater producer Lee Guber, at their New York home in 1966.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviews writer Truman Capote for the "Today" show in 1967.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviews Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in 1969.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviewed former first lady Mamie Eisenhower during a special tribute to the late President in 1970.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters carries her daughter, Jackie, circa 1970. Jackie is Walters' only child. She adopted her with her second husband, Lee Guber.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters with her "Today" show colleagues in 1971: from left, Joe Garagiola, Frank Blair and Frank McGee.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
During her career, Walters was nominated for 31 Daytime Emmy Awards. She won three and also received an honorary award. She's also won seven Documentary Emmy Awards and one Primetime Emmy.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters sits with first lady Pat Nixon in the White House library in 1972. Walters interviewed every first lady and President during her career.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters works for NBC News during the Republican National Convention in 1972.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
In 1975, Walters won her first Daytime Emmy.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
President Gerald Ford gives Walters a helping hand after she slipped during a White House awards presentation in 1975.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters and Jim Hartz cover New Hampshire's Democratic primary in 1976.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviews dancer Fred Astaire on his birthday in 1976.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters co-hosted the "Today" show from 1974-1976. Then she moved to ABC and became the first female to co-anchor the "ABC Evening News." She earned $1 million a year, making her television's highest-paid news personality.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviewed Cuban President Fidel Castro as they crossed the Bay of Pigs for an ABC News special that aired in 1977.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters held a groundbreaking interview with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in 1977.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviews Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1978. He was overthrown the next year.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviews former President Richard Nixon in 1980.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters meets with President Ronald Reagan at his ranch in Santa Barbara, California, in 1981.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviews legendary actress Katharine Hepburn in 1981.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters is photographed with Donald Trump and Don King in 1987.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters shakes hands with the Dalai Lama when he visited New York in 1992. At right is actor Richard Gere.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviewed actor Christopher Reeve in 1995. It was his first interview since a horseback-riding accident left him paralyzed.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters takes a photo with singer Michael Jackson, whom she interviewed in 1997.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, whose affair with President Bill Clinton resulted in Clinton's impeachment, broke her longtime silence to talk with Walters in 1999. A record 70 million viewers tuned in.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters and other hosts of "The View" appear on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno in 2000. With Walters, from left, are Lisa Ling, Joy Behar and Star Jones.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviews Cuban leader Fidel Castro again in 2000.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to Walters at the Kremlin in Moscow in 2001.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Barbara Walters poses for a portrait in her New York apartment in 2004.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
In 2005, Walters met with President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush. It was their first joint interview after the November 2004 election.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters arrives at the "She Made It" launch party in 2005. "She Made It" was an initiative celebrating the achievements of women in the television and radio industry.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviewed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for an exclusive "20/20" interview in 2007.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters and fellow TV journalist Katie Couric attend the Emmy Awards in 2009.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters and Diane Sawyer work together in London when Britain's Prince William married Catherine Middleton in 2011.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters sits down with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2011. It was his first on-camera interview with an American journalist since the start of the uprising in Syria.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters and Behar pose with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on the set of "The View" in 2012.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters' annual specials on the year's "most fascinating people" focused on big names in entertainment, sports, politics and popular culture. In 2012, she interviewed then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Hosts of "The View" laugh it up during an episode in 2014. From left are guest co-host Sunny Hostin, Walters, guest Bette Midler, Sherri Shepherd and Whoopi Goldberg.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters is interviewed by Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" in 2014.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters interviewed media mogul Oprah Winfrey for her "Most Fascinating People" special in 2014.
Barbara Walters' life in pictures
Walters attends Time magazine's 100 Gala in 2015.