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thank you very much for joining us tonight. and the breaking news, barbara walters, an american television icon, has died at the age of 93. i could tell you more about her amazing legacy and her groundbreaking interviews, but instead that honor belongs to the legend herself. from the cnn archives, here s barbara walters in her own words in a special encore presentation of larry king live. tonight, the one and only barbara walters is here for her 20th and final visit to this show. she ll tell us how she bounced back from heart surgery never missing a beat and how she stayed at the top of the broadcast news business for five decades. tv icon barbara walters of the hour is next on larry king live. good evening, barbara walters. co-host of the view by the way their 3,000th episode is this week. she hosts here s barbara on sirius radio. and i have three specials coming up, hour specials for abc news. i thought you were dropping that? no, i didn t drop it ....
reporter: barbara walters was one of the most fascinating people of any year in the television era. i know i ve done important interviews. i know that i have been a part of history. was she ever? are you sorry you didn t burn the tapes? yes, i think so because they were private conversations. we read you are mad. from murderers. why did you kill john lennon. to movie stores. are you a changed man since the illness? did it effect you very much? did you mind being thought of as sex, sex, sex? i think that what is important is to have curiosity. follow that cure iosity. i m a great believer in homework. before people revealed all on social media, barbara walters was the interviewer to open up the stars. does he hit you? he shakes, he pushes, he swings. i hope they think i m fair and i can be penetrating without being a killer and i am, i hope. and which interview was her most important? the first and at that time the only interview. you ....
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