CELEBRITIESLegendary TV journalist Barbara Walters dies at 93: Revisit her life, career in photosUSA TODAYBarbara Walters, a broadcast legend and pioneer who became the first woman to co-host a morning and evening newscast, has died at 93. ABC News announced her death on Dec. 30, 2022, during a live special report. "We were all influenced by Barbara Walters," ABC News' David Muir said in the tribute, remembering Walters as an "extraordinary human being, journalist, pioneer, legend." He added Walters "broke barriers behind the scenes and she broke news on-camera. She got people to say things they never would've said to another journalist."Revisit her life and career in photos, starting with a photo of the iconic TV journalist from May 1965 during an appearance on NBC's "Today" show.APWalters spoke to then-Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro during a news conference granted to members of the U.S. press covering Sen. George McGovern's trip to Havana in May 1975.APWalters and co-host Hugh Downs hugged at the NBC studios in June 1975 during Walters' final live broadcast on the morning news program.APHarry Reasoner and Walters co-anchored the ABC evening news beginning in October 1976.APWalters interviewed Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in Boston's Public Garden in May 1976.APPalestinian leader Yasser Arafat presented Walters with a handmade dress and mother-of-pearl box following an interview in Beirut on Sept. 21, 1977.Harry Koundakjian, APLenore Hershey, editor of the Ladies' Home Journal, held an apricot cake so Walters could blow out the candles celebrating her 46th birthday in September 1977.Carlos Rene Perez, APFormer President Richard M. Nixon answered Walters' questions during an interview May 8, 1980.Ray Stubblebine, APWith Princess Caroline of Monaco in 1985.APRonald Reagan and Walters walked along Madison Avenue in New York on Nov. 13, 1989. Walters was interviewing Reagan for a television special nearly a year after the former president left office.Frankie Ziths, APBoard members Robert De Niro, Barbara Walters and David Rockefeller attended the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation's press briefing on Jan. 5, 2005, about plans for the site.Mary Altaffer, APWalters attended the Museum of Television and Radio "She Made It" launch party on Dec. 1, 2005. "She Made It" celebrated the achievements of creative and business women in the television and radio industry.Stephen Chernin, APThe cast of "The View" — Meredith Vieira, Star Jones Reynolds, Walters, Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck — onstage during the 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2006. The show, conceived by Walters, has been on the air since 1997.Chris Pizzello, APRosie O'Donnell got a high five from Walters on joining "The View" in 2006, alongside Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.Mary Altaffer, APWalters received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 14, 2007.Damian Dovarganes, APIt's not all business suits. Walters attended the Metropolitan Opera season opening performance at Lincoln Center on Sept. 22, 2008.Evan Agostini, APIn 2009, she joined Gloria Vanderbilt in New York to celebrate the release of Vanderbilt's book "Obsession."Amanda Schwab, APPresident Barack Obama appeared on "The View" July 28, 2010, alongside co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Walters, Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Hasselbeck.Pablo Martinez Monsivais, APGuest David Letterman got a close-up look at Walters' barely visible surgical scar when he made an appearance on the first show of the 14th season of "The View" on Sept. 7, 2010. It was Walters' first live show after being off for several months for heart surgery.Eileen Blass, USA TODAYBarneys New York CEO Mark Lee, Walters, Sarah Jessica Parker and The Walt Disney Co. Chairman and CEO Bob Iger at the official opening of "Electric Holiday," an animated short featuring Minnie Mouse on a fashion adventure, on Nov. 14, 2012, in New York.Evan Agostini, Invision/APActor Jeffrey Tambor, producer Bill Geddie and Walters attended the TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World gala on April, 23, 2013.Brad Barket, Invision/APNigerian actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde joined Walters at TIME's event the following year.Evan Agostini, Invision/APWalters sat for a portrait for USA TODAY in May 2014 as she was preparing to retire.Robert Deutsch, USA TODAYWalters at a funeral service for comedian Joan Rivers at Temple Emanu-El in New York on Sept. 7, 2014.Craig Ruttle, APFormer New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented the 2014 Humanitarian Award to Walters during the American Friends of Magen David Adom Annual New York Benefit Dinner.Jason DeCrow, Invision For AFMDA/AP ImagesGayle King was on the red carpet with Walters at the Hollywood Reporter's 35 Most Powerful People in Media on April 6, 2016.Ilya S. Savenok, Getty ImagesWalters and actress Candice Bergen attended the New York Public Library Lunch 2016: A New York State of Mind.Cindy Ord, Getty Images