For her role, she received a salary of $700,000 per year (thats more than $6.7 million by todays standards, accounting for inflation). On Tuesday, the female journalists who have helped to carry on that legacy celebrated Walters for paving that path. Princess of Wales recycles 1,600 orange Gabriella Hearst top and skirt and 349 Adorable moment the Princess of Wales and a little girl dressed as Snow White play with some sand during a Heartbreak for Kate: Auschwitz survivor Zigi Shipper, who dedicated his life to educating on the horrors of No rest for Anne! Walters said to end her tirade. It's seen many people walk through its doors, like Jenny McCarthy and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, but the most prominent name is undoubtedly its creator and once-regular. The Daily Beast reported in 2014 that Walters lost her stake in the show, and co-creator/executive producer Bill Geddie left later that year. By 1976, ABC had snatched her up . @ehasselbeck looks back on the 10 years she spent with #BarbaraWalters as a co-host of #TheView. Geddie, who worked with Walters at ABC for years before they joined forces to create The View in 1997, exclusively offered insights to PEOPLE about her illustrious career. I get up, and I do my day, and I do my work, and I see friends. She was an absolute trailblazer, class, elegance, smarts that are increasingly hard to come by. I don't think about that. "What a long and eventful legendary life she had," wrote O'Donnell, 60, on social media. Walters said that the key was to find 'the right women with the right chemistry.' After working with Walters for decades, Geddie said the one thing he learned from her was to do it now and dont procrastinate. It was always a little scary when youd suggest something to her, Geddie said, noting that if he threw out a suggestion to interview the first lady, Walters would be eager to set up the interview immediately. The current co-hosts of The View are still working through the reality of show creator Barbara Walters ' death . Bill Geddie, a close colleague and longtime producer for Barbara Walters, is remembering the late icon. Barbara could make anybody feel like a slacker. On Tuesday, the first new episode following her passing, the ABC talk show dedicated its hour to paying tribute to the life . 'You single handedly changed my life and the life of every other female journalist by leading the way for us all,' she had added in the caption. What did Barbara Walters earn from Today? Prince Albert of Monaco is the first Euro monarch to confirm he and his wife Keep calm and carry on! ": See the historic moment Oprah Winfrey and 25 female journalists honored Barbara Walters as she retired from @TheView in May 2014. https://t.co/cVclFZQU98 pic.twitter.com/jZ825o7Qul, . Throughout her career, which spanned more than seven decades, Walters was vocal about combatting sexism in the workplace. I cant do the show like this. After the sale, she didnt have a say in the run of the program. She was the best gossiper. Bill Geddie, who was a close colleague and producer for Walters, speaks about her legacy.SUBSCRIBE to GMA's YouTube page: https://bit.ly/2Zq0dU5 VISIT GMA's. Barbara Walters worked with a bevy of influential journalists and entertainers during her 17-year-long tenure on ABC daytime talk show The View. But we forged ahead, Geddie said. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey Walters discussed her wishes to see the world as she wanted to leave 20/20 to see more of the world. In 1976, ABC hired her for its evening news broadcast, making her not only the first woman to cohost a network news show but the highest-paid journalist at that time, with a million-dollar salary. 'I dont even swear. I would say to her all the time, We should do a daytime show because Im with Barbara Walters, right? "Women like me have a seat at the table today because she paved the way. Barbara Walters, a broadcast legend who blazed myriad trails for women in journalism, has died at her home in New York City. Walters first began her career out in the early '60s when she was a writer and segment producer on The Today Show. Many of the incredible women that have been influenced by you, and we all have been influenced by you, are here for you today, Winfrey said as she revealed the surprise. She would eventually guest appear on the show until 2015. Soured: But she described a confrontation during a 2007 guest appearance, and she later said Watlers constantly scrutinized her outfits once she was a co-host; seen with (LR) Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd, McCarthy and Hasselbeck, Old pals: Rosie O'Donnell praised Walters' long career and noted how they went to a 'good many Broadway shows,' though Walters would slap her hand away when she tried to help her backstage, Falling out: But O'Donnell was furious at Walters when she thought the veteran journalist failed to defend her from Donald Trump after a 2006 segment she led that was critical of him. On and off the air, her co-host Harry Reasoner was cold toward her. The New York Times bestseller takes readers through Walters life and groundbreaking career, from when she made history as the first female anchor on the TODAY show to how she made a name for herself in the male-dominated broadcast industry as the host of shows like ABC Nightly News, 20/20 and The View, which she also created. And, I'm telling you, when she started asking me about my mom, I was just wailing. She was my TV mom, my mentor she was contagiously, compassionately curious. ", Star Jones, one of The View's first-ever co-hosts, tweeted: "I owe Barbara Walters more than I could ever repay. Broadcasting legend. It opened the door to so many opportunities and it made me realize, you dont have to stay on one path in life. A quarter of a century later she is doing live television five days a week, were putting primetime specials. The show continued by having the past co-hosts come on to share their memories, before running clips from some of Walters most iconic interviews and The View moments. " The View " kicked off its first show of the new year by honoring the one and only Barbara Walters, who died on Friday, Dec. 30, at the age of 93, with an hour that reunited several of her. She also asked the exclusively pants-wearing Hepburn if she owned a skirt; Hepburn replied, "I have one I'll wear it to your funeral.". She added that they saw a 'good many Broadway shows,' and she recounted how she would try to help Walters on the steps when they would visit backstage, but the veteran journalist would always swipe her hand away. She went right into the jaws of the lion. 'It will be an honor to be broadcasting about your love and legacy.'. Walters' amazing career transcended six decades, from 1951 to 2015. Its not OK to sit there and get reprimanded on the air'; seen in 2007, 'GOD is in this story,' she added, before promising to share her respects on Fox and Friends. For more about Barbara Walters, read her 2008 book. I like to say she was contagiously, compassionatelycurious.". The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Her contract included four interview specials, a one-on-one format that Walters became famous for. "Barbara quickly went from mentor to friend, and I will miss her deeply.". She was also the first person who interviewed George W. Bush after the September 11 Attacks and Monica Lewinsky after her scandal with former President Bill Clinton. 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Barbara Walters was a force to be reckoned with and her producer of decades Bill Geddie often had a front-row seat to her mastery of the broadcast medium. A trailblazer in the industry, Walters worked for the "Today" show for 12 years before joining ABC News in 1976, becoming the first female anchor on evening news. The former ABC News correspondent added a short caption to go along with the picture, writing, 'Forever grateful to have learned from one of the best.'. People talk about her battles with sexism, but how about that ageism front. Sherri called Barbara the 'Mother Lion,' and thanked her, 'for giving a shy girl who didnt like to debate a seven year chance of a lifetime. Each of the returning co-hosts said Walters had a profound impact on their lives and careers, while the show's current moderator, Whoopi Goldberg who has the second-longest tenure on the show after Joy Behar noted that the pioneering TV journalist was "the reason why we're all sitting here. And finally, how proud when I see all of the young women who are making and reporting the news. For more about Barbara Walters, read her 2008 book, Audition: A Memoir. Behar a regular since launch with the exception of a two-year hiatus from 2013 to '15 called Walters "the original role model" and "one of a kind. She explained that her friend had sent the photo to her for the first time just hours before hearing about the award winner's passing. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. As a co-creator of The View, and her runs on 20/20, The Today Show and ABC Evening News, its no wonder she cemented herself as one of the most notable news anchors ever. 'Rest well sister': Star Jones, who was an original co-host of The View, shared a special message on Twitter, calling the late anchor not just a 'friend' and 'colleague,' but also a 'sister' and 'mother', 'Remarkable woman': Sunny Hostin expressed that although she was currently in Africa, she still received the 'sad news' of Barbara's passing at 93-years-old, In a tweet, the lawyer and journalist penned, 'I owe Barbara Walters more than I could ever repay. Sunny Hostin, who became a co-host of the talk show in 2016, tells PEOPLE that the television legend was more than a mentor to her. Her father Lou Walters was a Broadway producer and a nightclub manager and she spent her childhood in New York and Miami. ""She was the original role model for everybody else." 'Im not going back. I'm honored to be part of The View, her living legacy," adds Navarro, 51. 'Your impact on the world is immeasurable. 'I definitely yelled,' O'Donnell recalled. She was 93. A statement from her representative Cindi Berger confirmed her death, Barbara Walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. What did Barbara Walters earn from ABC Evening News? No. ", Walters remained the show's executive producer until 2016, and in true Babs fashion, she didn't close the door completely. In 1964, she became the co-host of Today. Credit: AP / Ed Bailey. Baby, you would get all the information. She announced her impending retirement on the show in 2013, although she still did her Most Fascinating People special in 2014 and 2015. But I don't sit and think about how I see myself, or what my legacy is.". 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I mean, she had very strong ideas, but she could be talked off a bad idea and talked into a good one and I think thats really important for everybody in this world., Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. Her father Lou Walters was a Broadway producer and a nightclub manager and she spent her childhood in New York and Miami. No words right now. Since then, the hosts have run the gamut from Rosie O'Donnell, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Rosie Perez, Jenny McCarthy, and Raven-Symon, with decidedly mixed results. By 1976, ABC had snatched her up . You believing in me has changed my life. You treat them with that respect," Hostin, 54, continues. ', During a past interview with People in 2020, Shepherd revealed that, 'Barbara was so hard on me. We mean, who works until they're 84 these days? Sometimes, time just runs its course, and we can't blame Walters for wanting to take some time off to enjoy retirement. 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