This May 8, 1980 file photo, former President Richard M. Nixon answers question during interview by ABC television personality Barbara Walters in New York. TV news pioneer and creator of 'The View,' Barbara Walters has died at 93, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. [AP]Barbara Walters was that rarest of TV personalities: a cultural fixture. But the interview Walters singled out as her most memorable was with Bob Smithdas, a teacher and poet with a master’s degree who had been deaf and blind since childhood. “I knew it was something that could have destroyed my career,” Walters said shortly after her book’s publication.

Source: Standard Digital December 31, 2022 10:53 UTC