Meghan McCain, Lynda Carter & More Pay Tribute To Barbara Walters

It is simply a bittersweet evening successful journalism, arsenic the iconic quality reporter Barbara Walters has died astatine the property of 93, ABC News reported connected Dec. 30, 2022. In a connection to HollywoodLife, her rep said that she “passed distant peacefully successful her location surrounded by loved ones. She lived her beingness with nary regrets. She was a trailblazer not lone for pistillate journalists, but for each women.” Since the quality of her passing broke, galore celebrities and celebrated quality reporters took to societal media to mourn the icon, including former The View star Meghan McCain, 38.

Barbara Walters was a legendary quality newsman who died astatine the property of 93 successful Dec. 2022. (Shutterstock)

Meghan McCain

Barbara Walters volition ever beryllium known arsenic a way blazer. Her hard hitting questions & welcoming demeanor made her a household sanction and person successful American journalism.
Her instauration of The View is thing I volition ever beryllium appreciative of. Rest successful bid you volition everlastingly beryllium an icon.

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) December 31, 2022

The girl of erstwhile U.S. Senator John McCain, Meghan, was 1 of the archetypal celebrities to publically respond to Barbara’s decease connected Dec. 30. “Barbara Walters volition ever beryllium known arsenic a way blazer. Her hard hitting questions & welcoming demeanor made her a household sanction and person successful American journalism,” the 38-year-old wrote. “Her instauration of The View is thing I volition ever beryllium appreciative of. Rest successful bid you volition everlastingly beryllium an icon.”

Jake Tapper

ABC News: Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV icon, dies astatine 93

Sending emotion and prayers to my friends astatine ABC and to Barbara’s household and friends https://t.co/33cKvxyFi9

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 31, 2022

CNN news anchor Jake Tapper, 53, was different notable fig to station a tribute for the precocious 93-year-old. “ABC News: Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV icon, dies astatine 93 Sending emotion and prayers to my friends astatine ABC and to Barbara’s household and friends,” helium wrote via Twitter connected Dec. 30.

Lynda Carter

Barbara Walters was an American institution. As the archetypal pistillate nationalist quality anchor, she opened the doorway to endless possibilities for truthful galore girls who wanted to enactment successful TV, myself included. Her interaction cannot beryllium overstated. I’ll miss you, Barbara. Thank you for everything. pic.twitter.com/HokDilM6Rj

— Lynda Carter (@RealLyndaCarter) December 31, 2022

Following the news, Wonder Woman star Lynda Carter, 71, took to Twitter to stock a video of an interrogation with Barbara from galore years ago. “Barbara Walters was an American institution. As the archetypal pistillate nationalist quality anchor, she opened the doorway to endless possibilities for truthful galore girls who wanted to enactment successful TV, myself included,” her tribute read. “Her interaction cannot beryllium overstated. I’ll miss you, Barbara. Thank you for everything.” In the clip, everyone was commenting connected Lynda’s outfit from the deed 1970s character, but Barbara and her shared a laughter portion Lynda called her “my friend.”

Bernice King

Bernice King mourns Barbara. (bernice king twitter)

Bernice King, 59, who is the girl of the precocious Martin Luther King Jr., besides took to Twitter to mourn the nonaccomplishment of the large Barbara. “Farewell and remainder well, #BarbaraWalters. Thank you for your courageousness to blaze trails and person hard conversations that mattered,” she captioned the snapshot of herself with Barbara.

Deborah Roberts

So bittersweet to perceive of the passing of Barbara Walters. What an grant to stock the acceptable ⁦@ABC⁩ with the inimitable trailblazer erstwhile I joined @abc2020. Will ne'er hide the telephone telephone erstwhile she asked maine to articulation the groundbreaking program. pic.twitter.com/0zKgKxmayY

— Deborah Roberts (@DebRobertsABC) December 31, 2022

ABC News Senior National Affairs Correspondent, Deborah Roberts, 62, grieved the nonaccomplishment of her workfellow with a throwback photograph of them via Twitter. “So bittersweet to perceive of the passing of Barbara Walters. What an grant to stock the acceptable ⁦@ABC with the inimitable trailblazer erstwhile I joined @abc2020 ,” she wrote. “Will ne'er hide the telephone telephone erstwhile she asked maine to articulation the groundbreaking program.”

Joan Lunden

Joan Lunden mourns Barbara Walters. (Joan Lunden twitter)

Former Good Morning America host Joan Lunden, 72, shared a throwback snapshot of her and Barbara successful her tribute arsenic well. “We person mislaid a existent fable with the passing of Barbara Walters. Such a way blazer. Such a generous pistillate – I learned truthful overmuch from moving with her,” she captioned the black-and-white photo. Both Barbara and Joan worked astatine ABC for galore years.

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