Barbara Jill Walters, an American broadcast journalist and television personality best known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers has died. Walters was born on September 25, 1929 and died on December 30, 2022 at age 93.
Walters’ death was announced in a statement by her spokesperson Cindy Berger who said:
Though an exact cause of death was not revealed, Walters had some issues with her heart in the past.
In May 2010, Walters revealed that she would be having open heart surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve.
Walters had been suffering from aortic valve stenosis, even though she was symptom-free.
After the procedure to fix the faulty heart valve, her spokeswoman, Cindi Berger said that the procedure “went well, and the doctors are very pleased with the outcome.”
Walters returned to The View and her Sirius XM satellite show, Here’s Barbara, in September 2010 but retired permanently from both shows four years later.
An astute journalist and having appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including Today, The View, 20/20, and the ABC Evening News, Walters will be best remembered for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers.