Barbara Walters Last Years: Final Appearance Was on THIS Broadway Show, Became Anxious Thereafter

In her last years, Barbara Walters kept to herself more. The last time she was seen in public was six years ago.

The famous "20/20" host had not been seen since 2016, when she went to the opening night of "The Father" at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in New York City.

She died on Friday at the age of 93. She went to a lunch at the New York Public Library the day before. But the last thing Walters put on Instagram was a happy selfie with a fan on a Monday in July 2015. She also went to the April 2015 Broadway opening of "Gigi," where she looked happy in a gray suit.

The next year, Walters thanked her fans and followers on Twitter for their birthday wishes.

In a statement, a representative for the creator of "The View" said that Walters died "peacefully in her home, surrounded by loved ones."

After she stopped working as a journalist, Barbara was said to be having trouble with dementia. Her health has been getting worse over the past few years, but she has never told her fans and followers about her health problems.

RadarOnline said she never got out of bed and had trouble recognizing her friends. The source also said that she was tired, irritable, anxious, and stressed out.

Aside from that, Barbara had aortic valve stenosis and a bad aortic valve, both of which required surgery in 2010. The problem was fixed, and a few days later, her rep said that the surgery went well and that she was fine. When Whoopi Goldberg mentioned her on The View four months ago, her fans were worried about her health.

Even though Goldberg didn't say anything about Barbara's health, the fact that she was less visible in public made people worry. Barbara Walters joined NBC's "The Today Show" in 1961, and in 1974, she became the show's co-host.

She soon joined ABC and for two years was the co-anchor of the ABC Evening News. She then led ABC's 20/20 in 1979. As a journalist, Barbara talked to famous people like Vladimir Putin, Jiang Zemin, Indira Gandhi, Vaclav Havel, Michael Jackson, Katharine Hepburn, and more. She became a co-host of The View in August 1997, and she did that job until 2014.

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