BARBARA WALTERS RETIRES-2014

 

 

 

 Barbara Walters to retire next year at age 84.

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TODAY ON "THE VIEW" SHE PERSONALLY ANNOUNCED HER UPCOMING RETIREMENT IN 2014. 

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“I am not walking into the sunset,” she said. "I do not want to appear on another program or climb another mountain. I want instead to sit on a sunny field and admire the very gifted women - and OK, some men too - who will be taking my place."

 Walters, who began her career at NBC in 1961, was the first woman to co-host a news program when she became news anchor at the “Today” show in 1974. She broke through another glass ceiling when she became the first co-anchor of a network evening newscast after joining ABC Evening News in 1976. She interviewed every president and first lady from the Nixons through the Obamas. (ABC online)

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I WISH HER WELL...

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So many superlatives have been attached to her. In many ways she has always reminded me of Margaret Thatcher; except Walters has been the iron fist of television. 

Her reputation for control -for the sake of quality & self glory- is legendary; however, any male counterpart would have just been accused of being efficient. KUDOS!

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Trivia: her dad, Lou Walters, ran one of the most legendary nightclubs ever in NYC: "THE LATIN QUARTER" in1942 at 1580 Broadway at 47th Street. 

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Walter's candid book "AUDITION" tells a life of struggle, regrets and triumphs (a good read).