Walters began her national broadcast career in 1961 as a reporter, writer, and panel member for NBC’s “Today” show before being promoted to co-host in 1974. In 1976, Walters joined ABC News as the first female anchor on an evening news program.

At that network, Walters launched “The Barbara Walters Specials” and “10 Most Fascinating People” before becoming a co-host and correspondent for ABC News’ “20/20” in 1984. Along the way, she interviewed every US president and first lady since Richard and Pat Nixon.

For more than five decades, Walters was a name to reckon with, whether speaking with world leaders on news programs, in celebrities’ homes for her regular “Barbara Walters Specials,” or on the “View,” a daytime talk show in which a diverse panel of women discuss the latest headlines.

She lived her life with no regrets. She was a trailblazer not only for female journalists but for all women. Sometimes seen as brash, usually by men questioning her forthright demeanor, she could only shrug at the criticism.

Regarding her style of interviewing she once observed, “If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative. If it’s a woman, it’s too pushy; if it’s a man, it’s aggressive in the best sense of the word.”

Barbara Walters, always admired and forever remembered In Heaven with the Stars.