NEW YORK — Barbara Walters, a longtime journalist and the first female evening news anchor, has died at the age of 93 according to ABC News.
Walters joined ABC News in 1976 and was the first woman to co-host the network news. Three years later, she became a co-host of "20/20," and in 1997, she launched "The View."
Prior to joining ABC she appeared on NBC’s “Today Show” for 15 years.
During her career, she was the first to interview Monica Lewinsky in 1999, according to her ABC News biography.
ABC says she won 12 Emmy awards during her career, 11 of those during her time at ABC.
