was first at nbc and then at abc. but, you know, she lived for her work. she absolutely lived for her work and that was everything to her. and she didn t particularly enjoy the vacations. she would go up on vacation and complain how she would get board because she couldn t wait to come back. typical journalist. i think when she finally left television, she just i don t i mean, i think she just didn t want to live anymore. and i haven t barbara was one of my closest friends and i haven t seen her in at least five or six years. and she once she left television, we had one really long lunch and she was very sad and she didn t talk much and it was very quiet and she hugged me. it was right around the corner from her house and she called me darling and sweet heart and we hugged and she said good-bye. she was using a cane and i never saw her again and she stopped answering phone calls from everybody, even her closest friends. and i mean, i would check in like i d email
a co-host of 20/20. then in 1998 she launched the view which is of course still on the air. in a statement barbara walter s spokesperson confirmed the news anchor s death, quote, 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 fell mail journalists but all women. that s what the statement said. we have so much to talk about with barbara walters and how she impacted all of us journalists. joining me now is john miller. he coanchored 20/20 with barbara walters. sad news. she was 93. obviously she lived a life, but she anyone who is i d say 40 or above who s gone into journalism did it on the shoulders of barbara walters in some way. well, that s true. and i mean barbara walters didn t just break the glass ceiling. she broke through she caused the collapse of the glass building. and thee did it one step at a time through her career. remember she was on the today show a
she has for all of us and i started at the view when i was 26 years old and barbara was so welcoming of me. she even invited me and have these dinner parties at her home with the likes of richard and late vernon jordan. you know, these hugely notable figures in american politics and she would invite me and all of these dinner parties, we weren t having cause al conversation. she would propose a question to the table and everybody s voices, you know, she truly wanted to hear from everyone and understand their perspective. i mean, barbara was the ultimate sponge who always just wanted to absorb as much as she could and i heard john miller talk about how effortlessly it was for her to make people cry.
and she would invite me. and all of these dinner parties we weren t having casual conversation. she would propose a question to the table, and everybody s voices you know, she truly wanted to hear from everyone and understand their perspective. i mean, barbara was the ultimate sponge who always just wanted to absorb as much as she could. and i heard john miller talking about how effortlessly it was for her to make people cry. and mean when i first sat down with her at a lunch after i was hired to be a co-host on the view she was looking straight in the eye and asking me about my life and about everything that i had experienced as a young person. and it became so emotional. this was a casual lunch. i mean and this was a testament to barbara s greatness, that it wasn t she wasn t doing it because it was a