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Barbara Walters

Barbara Walters has arguably interviewed more statesmen and stars than any other journalist in history. Ms. Walters' interviews on “20/20” and on “The Barbara Walters Specials” read like a "Who's Who" of newsmakers, including her interviews with every American President and First Lady since Richard Nixon. In 1977, she made journalism history by arranging the first joint interview with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Ms. Walters has interviewed such world leaders as Russia's Boris Yeltsin, Cuba’s President Fidel Castro, China's Premier Jiang Zemin, Great Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Libya's Moammar Quadaffi and Iraq's President Sadaam Hussein. “The Barbara Walters Specials” are continuously the top-rated specials of the year and have included such legends as Sir Laurence Olivier, Bing Crosby, John Wayne, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Tom Cruise, Barbra Streisand, Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks. Ms. Walters' “The Ten Most Fascinating People” special broadcast, launched in 1993, offers a year-end review of the most prominent newsmakers of the year. Ms. Walters' is also co-owner, co-executive producer and co-host of “The View”. Ms. Walters joined ABC News in 1976 as the first woman to co-host the network news. In... Next

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