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Barbara Walters Net Worth, Career, Personal Life, Bio And All You Need To Know

Barbara Walters is an American journalist, author, and television personality. She has many popular TV shows, that includes “20/20,” “The View” and “ABC Evening News.” Walters was the first woman to co-host a news program in America.

Net Worth

Barbara Walters has an estimated net worth of $170 million. The TV host has earned her net worth from her successful career in journalism. She has acquired her net worth by hosting several TV shows. She is also a popular author and has released books that have resulted in high sales.

Early Life

Barbara Walters was born Barbara Jill Walters. Her date of birth is September 25, 1929. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents, Dena and Louis, were Jewish. Walters has an older sister, Jacqueline, who was mentally disabled. She passed away due to ovarian cancer in 1985. She also had a brother, but he also died of pneumonia.

The family studied at Lawrence School in Brookline, Massachusetts, Ethical Culture Fieldston School. She attended Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers and earned a Bachelor’s degree in English in 1951. Walters worked at a small advertising agency and ended up landing a job at the NBC affiliate WNBT-TV. She produced a children’s program which was called “Ask the Camera.”. She also hosted “The Morning Show” on CBS.

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Career

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Walters joined NBC’s “The Today Show,” and covered lighter-fare stories After Frank McGee died Barbara turned to become the first female co-host of “The Today Show.” Walters co-anchored the “ABC Evening News” and hosted along with co-anchor Harry Reasoner. She hosted “The Today Show.”

Walters produced a talk show “The View,” and it made its debut in August 1997. During the first few seasons, Barbara hosted the show along with Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos, and Joy Behar. “The View” won the Daytime Emmy for Best Talk Show and won awards for the show in 2009.

Walters interviewed several world leaders and includes big personalities like Anwar Al Sadat, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, Margaret Thatcher, Fidel Castro, and many U.S. presidents. Barbara has also interviewed Donald and Melania Trump, Mary Kay Letourneau, and Peter Rodger. She was the host of the popular show “American Scandals” which aired on Investigation Discovery (2015). She is also the host of”10 Most Fascinating People” and also hosted the specials in 2014 and 2015.

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Personal Life

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Barbara got married to business executive Robert Henry Katz on June 20, 1955. She got a divorce from him after 11 months of marriage. She married theatrical producer Lee Guber in 1963 and separated in 1976. They adopted a daughter in 1968. Walters also got married to the CEO Merv Adelson and they remained a couple till 1992. Barbara was also linked with Alan Greenspan and also dated Senator John Warner in the 1990s.

Walters took some off from her shows “The View” and “Here’s Barbara,“. She underwent open-heart surgery but recovered from heart surgery soon.  She also suffered from aortic valve stenosis and a faulty aortic valve which needed surgery. The surgery was a success and she returned to her hosting show again.

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