Bill Geddie And Barbara Walters At The 2013 Time 100 Most Influential People Gala In NYC Editorial Photo

TV News journalist co-anchor and host, Barbara Walters, arrives with colleague Bill Geddie, with whom she co-created the long-running daytime talk show, on the ABC TV Network, `The View,` on the red carpet for the 9th Annual Time 100 Most Influential People Gala in New York City on April 23, 2013. Geddie was the director and producer and co-creator of the controversial program and participated from 1997-2014. Walters` television career spanned over 50 years including lengthy periods at NBC with the Today Show, ABC Evening News and magazine show on ABC, `20-20` which she co-hosted with Hugh Downs. The duo collaborated in the Barbara Walters 10 Most Fascinating People, an annual ABC-TV Network production which debuted in 1993 and concluded in 2015. Barbara Walters passed away at 93 in her Manhattan residence, on December 30, 2022. Geddie died from a heart ailment on July 20, 2023, at the age of 68.