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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, heres 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...

to. >> theyre both here. >> theyre both here. we walked to work in the morning, and when we climb the fountain, were a little out of breath, and so were they. one day i said to them, i feel a little pressure in my chest. do you? and they said no. and when i went to the doctor, he said, you know, thats a sign. and just to make this story short, i wanted -- i was thinking of doing it in the summer. they tell you not to go in the hospital in july because thats when the residents change. "...

anchor of a news program in 1976, and her journalism career spanned more than five decades. walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family. but there is also joy and celebrations around the world as countries are starting to ring in the new year. were counting down until 2023. but its worth noting, the biggest bash, new york city, always, of course. new york city, come on. its happening in new york city. gloria is in new york city, is in times square, has been watchi...

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>> you want me to do it now for you? >> who came up with that? >> bill getty. >> great bit. >> our producer. terrific. >> who did the twirling? >> we hired a young woman -- >> a gymnast i hope. >> yeah, a young -- i can stand up and sit down and so on. and then we got -- we had matching sweat pantsuit, and then we got a wig, and bryan renford, you know, did the same look as mine, made sure the hair was the same, the make-up was the same and it worked. that was the first time i came back for good...

Trouble. it was a bad time period because 9:00 in the morning, 10:00 in the morning the women are still home, by 11:00 theyre shopping and picking up the kids from school and so on. and they said to me -- they said to bill getty whos my producer and my specialist do you have any ideas for a show, and i said, well, i have an idea for a show which was sort of based on when david used to put the panel together still exists. he used to do it on the sunday news program. and i said id like to do that....

"the talk." >> its on in the afternoon. dick clark did a show on there. there was a time they were trying to take the third hour of "today" and make it that kind of show. its not the most amazing concept to put people together. you see it as a panel every sunday, the last section of the news shows. i think what made ours as it is, bill getty is a superb producer. >> great guy. >> its funny. weve just been very lucky with our cast. even rosie. >> that was troublesome. >> it ended in a difficult w...