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Barbara Walters confirms retirement plans on TV show | |
(about 21 hours later) | |
Veteran US broadcaster Barbara Walters has announced she will retire in 2014. | |
Walters confirmed the plans on Monday's edition of The View, the ABC all-female daytime talk show she created in 1997. | |
Since her career began in 1961, she has interviewed Michael Jackson, Cuba's Fidel Castro and every US president and first lady since Richard Nixon. | Since her career began in 1961, she has interviewed Michael Jackson, Cuba's Fidel Castro and every US president and first lady since Richard Nixon. |
The 83-year-old was the first woman to anchor a daily network television news show in 1976. | The 83-year-old was the first woman to anchor a daily network television news show in 1976. |
"It has been an absolutely joyful, rewarding, challenging, fascinating, and occasionally bumpy ride. And I wouldn't change a thing," she told viewers. | |
I'm perfectly healthy. This is my decision. I've been thinking about it a long time. This is what I want to do," she added. | |
Irreplaceable | Irreplaceable |
Walters' career in TV journalism began at NBC's morning news and entertainment programme, The Today Show, which she co-hosted for 15 years before moving to rival network ABC to co-host the Evening News, a first for a female journalist. | Walters' career in TV journalism began at NBC's morning news and entertainment programme, The Today Show, which she co-hosted for 15 years before moving to rival network ABC to co-host the Evening News, a first for a female journalist. |
ABC said in March Walters planned to retire in May 2014 after more than five decades as a prominent figure on US television. | ABC said in March Walters planned to retire in May 2014 after more than five decades as a prominent figure on US television. |
On Sunday, ABC News president Ben Sherwood said: "There is only one Barbara Walters. | On Sunday, ABC News president Ben Sherwood said: "There is only one Barbara Walters. |
"We look forward to making her final year on television as remarkable, path-breaking and news-making as Barbara herself," he added. | "We look forward to making her final year on television as remarkable, path-breaking and news-making as Barbara herself," he added. |
Walters has had periods of ill health over the past three years, including open heart surgery in 2010. | |
In January 2013, she suffered concussion after a fall, and was then diagnosed with chicken pox, causing her to miss more than a month of work. | In January 2013, she suffered concussion after a fall, and was then diagnosed with chicken pox, causing her to miss more than a month of work. |
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