Barbara Walters announces retirement on The View

Barbara Walters is set to announce her retirement on The View today. After nearly 60 years in the biz, Barbara Walters is calling it quits...sort of.

Walters, a longtime ABC News personality, has been a pioneer for women in the journalism industry. She became the first female co-host for a network news or a public affairs program in 1974 and then became the first female co-anchor on an evening news program two years later.

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Not only is Walters a co-host on The View, but she also co-created the program in 1997. Although she will no longer appear on camera, Walters will continue her duties as the executive producer of the show.

Walters, who is 83, said, "I do not want to appear on another program or climb another mountain," she said. "I want instead to sit on a sunny field and admire the very gifted women — and OK, some men too — who will be taking my place."

Walters will retire from TV journalism in the summer of 2014.

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