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Years? >> don't play games with me. i'm not going to tell you. >> 20 years? i met the queen mother when she was 100 and she could have carried on. >> i hope this new valve i have lasts 20 years. no, you know, we all want the same thing. we want -- this is in terms -- we want to live as long as we're functioning and in the right mind. i -- so far i haven't forgotten your name, frank, so i'm still okay. >> what's been the single greatest interview? >> you can't do that. >> you can. >> well, i will tell you when i say to people when they ask that. >> let me rephrase the question. >> no, let me an...

Barbara, we've discussed what's happening in egypt. i want to discuss now an extraordinary event in your life when very recently you discovered that you needed open heart surgery, which is a pretty dramatic thing to discover, isn't it? >> very dramatic. just let me give you a couple of statistics. heart disease is -- more people die of heart disease than anything else in this country. more women than men. >> why more women than men? >> whatever it is in their makeup, women think that the biggest problem for them will be breast cancer. more women die of heart disease than all the cancers put to...

It's been very important for me to have that support system. i have very little family. >> give me a little scoop. how long are you going to go on for? >> well, i think i'll know when it's time to go. you won't, but i will. >> are we talking a year? five years. >> don't play games with me. i'm not going to tell you. >> 20 years. i met the queen mother when she was a hundred and she could have carried on. >> i hope this new valve i have lasts 20 year, no. you know, we all same the same thing. we want -- this is in terms -- we want to live as long as we're functioning and in the right mind. i --...

Valves. my valve was -- >> aortal valve. >> the aortic valve and i had to have open surgery and i tried to push it away. i didn't want to think about it. i finally did it. i had to do it. had i not done it, i would have probably been dead in two years. and so would david letterman, robin williams, regis philbin, charlie rose and president clinton. >> you interviewed all of them for this show. >> all of them on two nights from now friday night, 10:00. >> you did, abc friday night, 10:00. >> these people, especially someone like david letterman who is so private all sat down and talked about why...

I'm joined again by legendary journalist barbara walters, barbara, we've discussed what's happening in egypt. i want to discuss now an extraordinary event in your life when very recently you discovered that you needed open heart surgery which is a pretty dramatic thing to discover, isn't it? >> very dramatic. just let me give you a couple of statistics. heart disease is -- more people die of heart disease than anything else in this country. more women than men. >> why more women than men ask. >> whatever it is in their makeup, women think that the biggest problem for them will be breast cancer...