American TV journalist Barbara Walters, known for her interviews with presidents, world leaders, and Hollywood stars, passed away at the age of 93, CBS News announced.
"Barbara Walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. She lived her life with no regrets. She was a trailblazer not only for female journalists but for all women," representative Cindi Berger said in a statement.
The representative did not disclose the cause of Walters' death.
During her career period that spans more than 50 years on American television, Walters interviewed every president from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama.
Born in Boston in 1929, Walters began in the early 1960s as a writer and researcher on NBC's "Today" show. A year later, she became an iconic reporter who was responsible for developing, writing, and editing her own stories.
In 2000, she was interviewed by the Television Academy to talk about her career. She described her process for developing those questions.
"I write questions on cards, and I write hundreds…" Walters said. "I write everything I can think of. I go around and I say to people, 'What would you ask if you could? What would you ask?' And then I boil them down and boil them down and boil them down."
In 1974, Walters was named the first female co-host of "Today." Two years later, she left for ABC, where she became the first woman to co-anchor network evening news broadcast.
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